Applying Polar Stretch Activities

Use Polar Stretch activities to move, stretch, and rotate the entities from the selection set with a specified angle and distance.

You can apply a Polar Stretch activity only to polar elements. The polar stretch activity lets you stretch the entities from the selection set at any angle.

When associating a polar stretch activity with an element, you need to specify the stretch frame for the polar stretch activity, the entities to stretch, and the entities to rotate.

• Entities that lie completely within the stretch frame are moved.
• Entities included in the selection set whose outlines intersect the stretch frame are stretched. Entities specified for rotate only in the activity's selection set are not stretched.
• Entities not included in the selection set are not affected, regardless of whether they are within or crossed by the stretch frame.
• Entities outside the stretch frame and included in the selection set are moved.

Example:

In the following example, the rectangle is selected for stretching and the circle for rotation only.

To apply a polar stretch activity to a CustomBlock definition:

1. In the Block Editor, type CBActivityTool at the command prompt.
2. Specify the Polar Stretch option.
3. In the graphics area, specify the polar element to associate with the activity.
4. Specify the element point to associate with the activity.
5. Specify the first corner of the stretch frame.
6. Specify the second corner of the stretch frame.
7. Specify the entities to stretch and press Enter.
8. Specify the entities to rotate only and press Enter.

   The activity icon displays on the specified element.