Hi - New to QCAD Pro but I am a retired CAD user and have 40 years of experience of many CAD & CAM systems. - So a bit embarrassed to find I cannot fathom "angleline" the second icon in the line menu. Had expected to grid click or type coordinates for a start position and then type, for instance, 100<30 to get a 100 line @ 30 deg. I seem to get a start point at the 100<30 only.
Guess I am missing some obvious technique here. If anyone has the patience to explain how this works I would be most grateful.
Brain turbulence - angleline
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Re: Brain turbulence - angleline
Sorry too busy looking at the command line to notice the upper menu input boxes. All is well and logical. Feeling suitably dumb!!
Re: Brain turbulence - angleline
Hi, longliner, you allready discoverd it.
Line from Angle (LA) will created an angled line.
The options are at the top. (Without changes to the look and feel of Qcad....)
Options are:
A Line Piece / An Infinite Line / A Ray.
The Angle in the XY cartesian scope, positive X-axis = 0 degrees, CCW oriented.
For line pieces:
The length of the Line Piece.
And what you are going to point at for reference.
Startpoint, Midpoint or Endpoint.
You can put it anywhere. (Snap auto = default)
Or
Use the Snap options for setting the reference point.
Or
You can use the command line to specify the reference.
Absolute, relative, polar, relative polar.
An angled line relative to another shape is the command Relative Angle (LR)
Hope this will help you.
Regards,
CVH
Line from Angle (LA) will created an angled line.
The options are at the top. (Without changes to the look and feel of Qcad....)
Options are:
A Line Piece / An Infinite Line / A Ray.
The Angle in the XY cartesian scope, positive X-axis = 0 degrees, CCW oriented.
For line pieces:
The length of the Line Piece.
And what you are going to point at for reference.
Startpoint, Midpoint or Endpoint.
You can put it anywhere. (Snap auto = default)
Or
Use the Snap options for setting the reference point.
Or
You can use the command line to specify the reference.
Absolute, relative, polar, relative polar.
An angled line relative to another shape is the command Relative Angle (LR)
Hope this will help you.
Regards,
CVH