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I don't know about 2011 but for some releases you can use # for absolute & @ for relative
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26th Jan 2011 08:04 pm #1Forum Newbie
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Absolute cooordinate entry
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Ok so I'm sitting behind a desk for a the first time in a long time.
And of course the new version of AutoCAD (2011) is quite a bit different.
My hurtle today:
It it's simplest form .... I want to drawing a line
from some point out in space to absolute 0,0,0
MOVE 7 found
Specify base point or [Displacement] <Displacement>: (pick)
Specify second point or <use first point as displacement>: @0,0,0
I can see that it is automatically putting the @ in front making it relative.
How to I enter an absolute point now?
(My apologies if this has been covered in these forums before)
You can now call me NOOB!
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26th Jan 2011 08:11 pm #2Luminous Being
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26th Jan 2011 08:31 pm #4Super Member
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By default, coordinates are absolute, right??? There should be no need to use the # sign unless dynamic input is on, but thats only in 2011 I t hink...
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26th Jan 2011 08:45 pm #5Luminous Being
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I had forgotten about dynamic input changing things - I always use it
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26th Jan 2011 08:53 pm #6Super Member
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Ugh, I just could NOT get used to it. Dynamic Input went the way of the ribbon for me!!
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Originally Posted by JPlanera
try working with this screen layout Originally Posted by JPlanera;
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2nd Feb 2011 05:15 am #8Super Member
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Funny, cause that's what my screen looks like! All clean except for the layers toolbar! I am a keyboard junkie...
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2nd Feb 2011 01:39 pm #9Luminous Being
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relative (@) was correctly changed to be the default by Autodesk several years ago.
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I find the only way to get to absolute 0,0 is to enter it directly into the command line to circumvent the dynamic input, but I'm going to try the '#'.
That used to be my screen with a load of the more esoteric commands on the right click menu, but for some reason I now have a few drop down menus at the top and the quick toolbar along the top. Originally Posted by ccowgill
try working with this screen layoutAttachment 26003
Got to love the keyboard, O, L , PL, TR etc. so much quicker until you get to LAYERUNISO Originally Posted by JPlanera
Funny, cause that's what my screen looks like! All clean except for the layers toolbar! I am a keyboard junkie...
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