{"id":5818,"date":"2024-11-28T10:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T04:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2024-11-28T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T04:55:26","slug":"draw-a-rectangle-box-at-the-current-screen-extents-cp_boxscreen-cadpower-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/draw-a-rectangle-box-at-the-current-screen-extents-cp_boxscreen-cadpower-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw a Rectangle Box at The Current Screen Extents: CP_BOXSCREEN \u2013 CADPower Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>CP_BOXSCREEN<\/strong> command creates a closed polyline that represents the extents of the current viewport. This is a quick and effective way to outline or reference the visible area on the screen for annotations, layouts, or other design purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong> CADPower -&gt; Draw Tools -&gt; Rule &#8211; Based -&gt;&nbsp;Draw a rectangle box at the current screen extents<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key features include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Viewport-Based Rectangle:<\/strong> Automatically generates a rectangle matching the current viewport extents, saving time and ensuring accuracy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Closed Polyline:<\/strong> The rectangle is created as a closed polyline, which can be easily modified or used in further operations like trimming, hatching, or scaling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Efficient Design Aid:<\/strong> Useful for defining boundaries, creating reference boxes, or preparing layouts in the context of the visible screen area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>CP_BOXSCREEN<\/strong> command is a handy tool for CAD users needing to outline or document the current viewport extents quickly, streamlining tasks that rely on precise viewport dimensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The CP_BOXSCREEN command creates a closed polyline that represents the extents of the current viewport. This is a quick and effective way to outline or reference the visible area on the screen for annotations, layouts, or other design purposes. CADPower -&gt; Draw Tools -&gt; Rule &#8211; Based -&gt;&nbsp;Draw a rectangle box at the current screen extents Key features include: The CP_BOXSCREEN command is a handy tool for CAD users needing to outline or document the current viewport extents quickly, streamlining tasks that rely on precise viewport dimensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[25,249,248],"class_list":["post-5818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cadpower-commands","tag-cadpower-command","tag-cp_boxscreen","tag-draw-a-rectangle-box-at-the-current-screen-extents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6508,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions\/6508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/cadpower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}