Pocket Lines and Free Lines
These two line types round out the line toolkit. Pocket Lines are specialized OBall features; Free Lines are independent geometry you can place anywhere on the table.
Pocket Lines
A Pocket Line extends in the opposite direction from an OBall's Aiming Line — past the Ghost Ball, toward the far rail. It's a positional coaching tool.
Here's the idea: after sinking one ball, the cue ball needs to end up on the correct side of the next ball's Pocket Line to have a good angle on the following shot. The Pocket Line makes that concept visible. Users can see exactly which zone the cue ball needs to reach — and which zone leaves them in trouble.
To add a Pocket Line:
- Right-Click the OBall.
- Select Pocket Line On.
Note: A Pocket Line only appears when the OBall's Aiming Line is active. If you haven't created an Aiming Line on that OBall first, the Pocket Line won't show.
When to Use Pocket Lines
Use Pocket Lines on the next object ball — not the one currently being shot. You're showing the user where the cue ball needs to land after the current shot, relative to the subsequent target. This is particularly valuable in position-play drills where leaving the right angle is as important as making the ball.
Free Lines
A Free Line has all the capabilities of a Track Line, but it isn't attached to any ball. You draw it anywhere on the table surface, for any purpose you choose.
Common uses include:
- The head string (the line across the table from which break shots are taken)
- A rack outline showing where balls were positioned at the break
- A zone boundary separating good and bad cue ball positions
- Any other reference geometry that doesn't belong to a specific ball
Arrowheads
Free Lines have one feature Track Lines don't: arrowheads. Right-Click the Free Line and select Toggle Arrow to cycle through four states — None, End, Start, and Both.
Everything else — reshaping, adding and removing segments, labels, and curves — works exactly as described in Track Lines.
