Types of Wires

AN-SOF has different types of wires. Each wire type has its own geometrical parameters, attributes and materials that can be set in a specific Draw dialog box. This dialog box allows us drawing a new wire in the workspace.

Choosing Draw in the main menu shows the following commands:

• Line: Displays the Draw dialog box for drawing a linear or straight wire.
• Arc: Displays the Draw dialog box for drawing an arc .
• Circle: Displays the Draw dialog box for drawing a circular loop.
• Helix: Displays the Draw dialog box for drawing a helix or helical wire.
• Quadratic: Displays the Draw dialog box for drawing a quadratic wire.
• Archimedean Spiral: Displays the Draw dialog box for drawing an Archimedean spiral.
• Logarithmic Spiral: Displays the Draw dialog box for drawing a logarithmic spiral.

Menu Options

The commands to draw wires can be accessed from three menus:

• Main menu > Draw.
• Popup menu by right clicking on the workspace.
• Main menu > View > Drawing Panel.