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Amar Gyration
Amar Gyration
Amar Gyration
Line is just one straight segment, Polyline is a series of segments (lines or arcs). Line can be 3D, plain Polyline cannot (there are also 3DPolylines). You can convert Lines to Polylines (e.g. with PEDIT) and Polylines to Lines (with EXPLODE)
the shape you want; to close off the polyline object, enter CL to close the segments (note that this is a two letter command, and is case sensitive!) Note also that when the Arc command is selected, you get a choice of options that pops up. You can play with the Radius, miter limits and a number of other options. The best way to find out what to do is to just play with the tools for a bit. Its the equivalent of being a kid with magic markers all over again. Dont worry about getting something productive out of it learn where everything is and see what everything does for now. Moving past Arcs, there are other traits that polylines have. One of the more useful ones is Width. After selecting the polylines command again, draw an object with a polyline, and hit W. You have the option to select the width of the polyline numerically. This is comparable to the stroke of the line with a pen nib (something else Id forgotten about mechanical drafting!), and allows you to get almost calligraphic with your line weights. One of the neat things is that AutoCAD will ask you for the width of the start of the line, and then ask for the width of the end of the line you dont have to use the same width. This is a great way to get a lot of flexibility in drawing your line segments with this program, and the more you use it, the more uses youll see for it.
Radius of gyration A relation of the area or mass of a figure to its moment of inertia. If I is the moment of inertia about a line of a figure whose area is A, the figure's radius of gyration with respect to that line is. Accordingly, I = k2A. For a figure of mass M, I = k2M. In these equations, k is measured in length units such as feet. Geometrically similar figures have equal radii of gyration about corresponding centroidal axes. See Moment of inertia
radius of gyration In mechanics, the distance from the axis to a point such that, if the whole mass of a body were concentrated at it, the moment of inertia would remain unchanged. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
a length that represents the distance in a rotating system between the point about which it is rotating and the point to or from which a transfer of energy has the maximum effect. Symbol: k or r. In a system with a moment of inertia I and mass m, k2 = I/m
noun Physics . the distance from an axis at which the mass of a body may be assumed to be concentrated and at which the moment of inertia will be equal to the moment of inertia of the actual mass about the axis, equal to the square root of the quotient of the moment of inertia and the mass.