alec Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Right Gents, this is starting to really wind me up now. I want to draw a line, starting a certain distance along an existing line. Normally I would select LINE, put my cursor over the end of the existing line, and I would get a small dialogue box saying 'endpoint'. When I move the cursor along the line, it would then allow me to input a distance, and that would then be the start of my intended line. (similarly I could use it to insert a block in the correct postion from the end of the line) Since a couple of weeks ago, when I had a couple of other problems, I no longer get this input box, I get a pair of boxes asking me to input co-ordinates. Snap, Grid, Ortho and Lwt are off, polar, osnap, otrack and dyn are on. Can any of you fine upstanding people help me get my input box please? Starting lines a set distance from a corner etc is now involving a major amount of offsetting and trimming and is a real pain in the rear. Many thanks, Smudger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 a guess here - check the setting on the variable DYNPICOORDS, change it to 0 if 1 and vice versa and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 turn 'dyn' button off, & reset the options in 'osnap' dialoguebox to show endpoint/intersection etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Hi, Dipali, DYN off, all osnap modes are already checked. Tiger, changed value from 0 to 1. neither have made a difference. Anything else I might try? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 DYNPIFORMAT perhaps? change between 0 and 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 One more thing that just hit me, right-click on the POLAR-button and bring up settings - change the ticks in there and see if that makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Changed DYNPIFORMAT from 1 to 0, and there are no boxes to check in Polar, except track orthagonolly only/track using all polar angle settings, and 'absolute' or relative to last segment. As I haven't changed ony of these settings (ever) I'm not convinced they could be any different than they were when all was well. If I start drawing a line from a random point, I get an input box to put a distance in, just not when I want to draw a certain point along an existing line. Anything else out there? cheers HAve just noticed that when I try and draw a rectangle, whereas before I could input the length of horizontal side, tab, length of vertical side, and it would draw me the required size box, it now thinks I am inputting co-ordinates, and so gives me a huge rectangle relevant to 0,0. Does that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GE13579 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Try DYNMODE = 3? Also DYNPROMPT = 1? You also want DYNPICOORDS as 0 if you want relative coords, I guess it's currently set at 1 if it's using absolute? You can also run with the default set to absolute and precede with # for relative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Thinking back, when I wanted to draw a line a set distance from the end of an existing line, I would be asked to 'specify end point' but I am no longer asked this. does that help anyone with where the problem is? I'm still stuck with this and its costing me a lot of extra time both in drawings and in searching through menus trying to find a cause and cure for the problem. cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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