How to draw two lines at an Angle ????
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Topic: How to draw two lines at an Angle ????
Posted By: mrd33p
Subject: How to draw two lines at an Angle ????
Date Posted: 03.Dec.2014 at 07:44
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we can draw lines measuring angles from 3'o clock..but how to draw two lines at an angle when we don't know angle from 3'o clock?? we only know angle between lines but not the angle of line starting from 3'o clock. ------------- erd33p@gmail.com |
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Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 03.Dec.2014 at 09:50
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Hello mrd33p, if I understand your needs if you type the command line , enter , clic to start your line , @100<45 you will obtain a line length 100 with an angle of 45° from the horizontal.
@ is to define a coordinate in relation with your first clic, if you type 100<45 you will draw a line length 100 with an angle of 45° from the horizontal but starting from the coorfdinate 0,0.
Hope this will help you.
Ask for more.
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Posted By: mrd33p
Date Posted: 03.Dec.2014 at 17:32
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thanks philippe JOSEPH, but I don't want the angle to start from horizontal, say, I have drawn first line at an unknown angle with horizontal, and now I want to draw another line aligned with first line at an angle of 45 how can I do that ? ------------- erd33p@gmail.com |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 03.Dec.2014 at 18:27
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Aligned? Don't you mean relative to the angle of the first line that was drawn? Read this. I like the reply by nestly the best. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2010-2011-2012/drawing-angled-lines-relative-to-the-angle-of-another-line/td-p/2829683 ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 03.Dec.2014 at 18:36
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Hello again mrd33p, for me a simple way do do this would be to clic on the line to be copied at a certain angle to "light" the grips and clic on the grip at the "center" of the angle and with right clic select rotation , copy and the angle to be between the 2 lines. If the line is at the right angle but not at the right place you can move it by the conventional command MOVE or clic on the middle grip and move it with your mouse.
This method is called "working with the grips". Hope this will help.
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 03.Dec.2014 at 18:55
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Also known as "grip editing" which is the method suggested by nestly (and demonstrated in a video he linked to) in the link that I provided. I guess great minds think alike. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: mrd33p
Date Posted: 05.Dec.2014 at 04:40
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thank you all :) I did it.... its your win  ------------- erd33p@gmail.com |