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With the Quick Calculator palette in AutoCAD (the command QUICKCALC, Ctrl+8) you can easily perform direct calculations on measured distances, angles and coordinates, and then paste the results of these calculations back to the AutoCAD command line as parameters of other commands.

See an example - the sum of two measured distances:

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4.9.2018    13542×  
applies to: AutoCAD ·

See also:
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Tip 5976:Keyboard shortcuts defined in AutoCAD.


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