Regular Polygon > On Circle (Draw Menu)

This command draws a polyeder. A polyeder is a regular polygon whose corner points all lie on an imaginary circle. A polyeder is, as a result, a closed sequence of joined lines.

The polyeder is determined by identifying a reference circle which determines the imaginary circle on which all of the corner points lie.

After choosing the command, a dialog appears in which the desired number of sides can be entered. Values between 3 and 99 inclusive are allowed.

Any circle which exists independently or as part of another object can be identified as the reference object. This can also be the arc of a circle segment or a circle arc within a surface.

After specifying the imaginary circle, the polyeder can be rotated. To do this, enter the angle (measured from the center of the circle) at which the first corner of the polyeder should lie. The angle can be entered by clicking the mouse at any point in the drawing. The position of this point relative to the center determines the angle.

A polyeder is stored internally as a surface. It can be manipulated with the same commands as a surface.

The surface is assigned to the current layer. It also contains a reference to the current pen.