Crosshair Angle Tools

Crosshair Angle Tools

Setting the crosshairs often is helpful immediately following setting the twist angle, in order to define orthomode directions.

SET CROSSHAIR ANGLE Command

The “Set Crosshair Angle” button allows the user to choose an angle for the crosshairs and orthomode. This button accesses a command pre-existing in AutoCAD that lacked a button in the ribbon. The most common chosen values are 0 (which twists the crosshairs to align with the coordinate system) and 360 minus the view angle, which ends up being in the horizontal direction for the current view. These represent different crosshair angles if the view has been rotated.

CROSSHAIR ANGLE ZERO Command

Since setting the crosshair angle to zero was so common, I made a button for it. This button aligns the crosshairs to the coordinate system’s x-axis. If the view is rotated, this means the crosshairs are tilted.

CROSSHAIR ANGLE ALIGNED WITH VIEW Command

Setting the crosshair angle aligned with horizontal was also common, so I created one last button for this. Here, the crosshairs will be horizontal, regardless of the view/coordinate system.