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Andre611
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orthogonal

Post by Andre611 » Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:06 pm

Hi forum,
My name is Andre and i am retierd now.
I have worked with AutoCAD Lt and i bought QCAD.
I miss the button orthogonal for many things i do, for example lines and copies.
Is there a possibility to make a overal button orthogonal.

best regards from Holland,
Andre
sorry for mij english

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Husky
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Re: orthogonal

Post by Husky » Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:10 pm

Hi,
Andre611 wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:06 pm
I miss the button orthogonal for many things i do, for example lines and copies.
Is there a possibility to make a overal button orthogonal.
I don't think that I fully understood your question ... :oops:

Line? Yes, you can use the line tool "Orthogonal" (Menu / Draw / Orthogonal),
Copy? Will you move entities orthogonal or only horizontal/vertical restricted?
Overall Button? With what function?

Please elaborate more precisely what you intend to do. Thanks.
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Re: orthogonal

Post by andrew » Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:16 pm

Perhaps, you are looking for
Snap > Restrict Orthogonally

Or you can also press and hold the Alt-Key while drawing a line, moving a selection, etc.

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Re: orthogonal

Post by SoundFred » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:19 am

Hi Andrew
I believe Andre may be looking for the same thing I am.
In Autocad pressing the F8 key turns on/off ( toggles) the Ortho function which locks the cursor movement to the horizontal or vertical plane enabling the drawing of straight lines (or moving objects) in either of those orientations.
Does Qcad have a similar function?

I too have used Autocad for over 20 years and just switched to Qcad.
Nice software, thanks for all your effort.

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Re: orthogonal

Post by SoundFred » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:40 am

The Alt key seems to do the same thing.
It is just seems a little bit clunky compared to being able to turn the function on and leaving it on for multiple operations.

Thanks

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Re: orthogonal

Post by Husky » Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:14 am

SoundFred wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:40 am
The Alt key seems to do the same thing.
It is just seems a little bit clunky compared to being able to turn the function on and leaving it on for multiple operations.
You can lock a snap like "Restrict Orthogonally" (EO) with "Lock Snap" (SQ) and use it for multiple operations ...
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