Tools in the Create Toolbar

The Create toolbar in Pythagoras provides tools for drawing and constructing geometric objects, including points, lines, arcs, circles, polygons, paths and polylines. It also includes tools for creating text, annotations and geometric constructions based on existing objects.

Some tools are grouped and offer multiple drawing or construction methods.

How to use grouped tools

	Tool	Description
	Create Point	Create a point by specifying its position or entering its coordinates.
	Create Line	Draw a straight line by defining its start and end points.
	Define Line: parallel/tangential	Construct a line parallel or tangential to an existing line or arc.
	Define Line/Arc: perpendicular	Construct a line or arc perpendicular to a reference object.
	Define Arc: tangential	Construct an arc tangent to an existing line or arc.
	Define Arc: tangential to 2 lines/arcs	Construct an arc tangent to two existing lines and/or arcs.
	Create Arc: using 3 points	Draw a circular arc defined by three points.
	Create Arc: center point + radius	Draw a circular arc by defining its center point, radius and arc limits.
	Create Circle: center point + radius	Draw a circle by defining its center point and radius.
	Create Circle: using 3 points	Draw a circle passing through three specified points.
	Create coordinate system	Define a coordinate system for positioning and orienting geometry. Coordinate Systems
	Create Polygon	Draw a closed area object whose boundary consists of line and/or arc segments. Polygons: how to create and annotate a polygon
	Create Path	Create a reference path used for stationing, positioning objects and performing design operations relative to the path.
	Create Polyline	Draw a connected geometric object consisting of consecutive segments, optionally including elevation data. Drawing and Editing Polylines
	Define parallel object	Create an object at a specified parallel offset from an existing reference object.
	Create Text (Basic / Rich)	Add horizontal text using either basic text or rich text with advanced formatting. Working with Text
	Define Spiral (3 options)	Construct a clothoid as a transition between geometric elements. Three methods are available: tangent to a line/arc/circle, tangent to a line and circle or two circles, and clothoid–arc–clothoid.
	Create Text aligned (Basic / Rich)	Add text aligned along a specified direction, using either basic text or rich text.
	Create Annotation (19 options)	Add annotations for coordinates, point numbers, elevations, distances, angles, slopes, areas, volumes, XY offsets and other geometric properties. Nineteen annotation options are available.
	Define Point: intersection	Create a point at the intersection of geometric objects.