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Glossary of Terms

Glossary is usually defined as an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge. This knowledge base glossary provides a collection of knowledge base documents that define many technical terms. These terms are arranged alphabetically, but you can quickly jump to a specific term by selecting its first letter from the index of the knowledge base glossary below.

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3 Glossary Terms Found.
tangent
A line which intersects a circle, ellipse or arc at only one point. Tangent lines to Bezier curves define the shape of the curve.
toggle
A drawing control or setting which is either on or off. Subsequent execution of the command reverses the state of the parameter. One toggle is the dispaly grid command.
trim
A drawing editing command which causes one object to end exactly at another. Trim points are calculated mathmatically so they are exact. Some complex objects such as curves cannot be trimmed to.