CAD tip # 6558:

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Entering angles always in degrees.

If you combine work in different angle units (e.g. degrees and grades), you will probably need to setup your macros and LISP applications so that they use angles in a common, consistent format - in degrees, or alternatively in degrees, minutes and seconds.

By default, relative coordinates are entered as:

@length< angle

which counts with the angle value in the currently set angle units - if you switch to grades or radians, this format will no longer work.

Therefore use a special coordinate format:

@length<< angle

which always uses angles entered in degrees (even when you have e.g. grades as current angle units).

Another option - allowing to enter angles also in surveying minutes and seconds - is the format:

@length< angledminutes'seconds"

giving e.g.:

@500<45d15'25"
@500<45d

This format interprets the angles always in degrees. Similarly you can force entering grades (100g) or radians (1.5r) wherever AutoCAD prompts for angles.

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT · AutoCAD Architecture · Civil 3D · AutoCAD Map 3D · AutoCAD Mechanical ·

See also:
Tip 13737:	Formatting leading zeros in AutoCAD fields (and automatic field update).
Tip 12697:	Opposite angle for angular dimensions in Inventor drawings (iLogic).
Tip 12201:	Quick dynamic measuring of objects near your cursor.
Tip 10412:	How to enter angles in survey units?
Tip 10314:	How to enter angles in the format degrees-minutes-seconds in Inventor?

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