CAD tip # 5885:

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In the dynamic drawing mode, entered coordinates are considered "relative".

E.g. when drawing a line in the dynamic mode you enter (input numerically) the coordinates of the start point 100,100 and the end point 200,200 - but AutoCAD automatically draws a line [100,100]-[300,300].

The reason is that the specified coordinates are considered as relative by default in the dynamic mode. The absolute 'behaviour' of coordinates can be forced with:

switching the dynamic mode OFF (the DYN button in your statusbar, or F12 key, or the DYNMODE variable)
toggling the DYNPICOORDS variable
entering the dynamic coordinate in the form of #x,y or #r - e.g. #200,200

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applies to: AutoCAD 2008 · AutoCAD 2006 · AutoCAD LT 2006 · AutoCAD Architecture 2006 · AutoCAD Map 3D 2006 ·

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