Picking a grip and moving it.

[CADDict]

I'm having a problem. When I pick a grip and want to move it up or down and enter a distance, it only moves the grip left or right. Is there a setting for this? I've never run into this before.

[Cad64]

Are you using dynamic input? Try typing the # symbol and then the distance.

[GE13579]

I think the # is for absolute coords Cad64?

Do you have polar tracking set? if so what angle increments are you using?

[dbroada]

grip edit and dynamic input are a bit odd at first. Using the # will move the point by that amount in the direction suggested. If you have a rectangle and just type a number the length of one of the legs is changed TO the length specified. You will need the # to make it change BY. I cannot work out which leg of the rectangle will change either! I normally use the old stretch command rather than grip edit for nudging the corners of boxes these days.

[GE13579]

Thanks Dave, and apologies to Cad 64 for doubting you! :oops:

[LElkins]

I assume you guys have played with the Dynamic Input settings?
Right click on DYN and then settings.
You can set whether default is relative/absolute, polar/cartesian, etc.

[dbroada]

now I'm used to it I like it. Except with grip edit - which I don't use often enough to warant changing.

[CADDict]

Thanks guys. I'll try all these suggestions tonight after I get back home. Or is it back to work? Geez...can't seem to separate the two anymore.

[Cad64]

Thanks Dave, and apologies to Cad 64 for doubting you! :oops:

How dare you doubt me! :lol: j/k

Nah, I thought the same thing when dbroada mentioned that # symbol in a post a few months ago. I don't use dynamic input, so I wasn't aware of its relevance. Then I tried it and found out that it really does work. So cheers to dbroada for that one. I was merely the messenger boy on this one. :P

[SLW210]

For dynamic input you can use the Tab key to cycle through which dimensions you are changing. Just select a grip, hit the tab key and all the different editable dimensions will highlight 1 by 1.

[dbroada]

For dynamic input you can use the Tab key to cycle through which dimensions you are changing. Just select a grip, hit the tab key and all the different editable dimensions will highlight 1 by 1.
cooo, that's clever.

I think I'll stick to stretching though

[SLW210]

cooo, that's clever.

I think I'll stick to stretching though

I still use stretch from time to time, especially if I am just abutting to another line or object, but I like the DYN input if I am resizing to a known dimension, seems quicker to me.

[CADDict]

Well, it appears the only way to overcome it is to either turn the Dynamic Input off or enter a # before the distance when I want to move left or right.
Turning it off is out of the question. I played with the settings and no dice. I think I'm just going to have to type # before my distance every time. Kind of annoying.