archityper Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I was wondering if there is any way to temporarily mark measurements that I have made with the Measure function so I can go back and start a line at that point. Each time I use Measure, the information disappears when I go to another function. Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I assume you mean Measure, as in MEASUREGEOM which you're using to find the distance between two points? If so, I don't there is any way for AutoCAD to temporarily mark the points you measured, but it seems odd that you're measuring points that aren't already defined by objects. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question? If you're actually using the MEASURE command, the points are marked by a point (node) which you can snap to by turning on the NODE OSNAP. BTW, welcome to Cadtutor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archityper Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 Essentially what I'm trying to do is to use MEASUREGEOM to input a set measurement from a set of interconnecting lines so that I can then start a new line at that point. I'm putting an existing drawing into AutoCAD for the first time, so I'm not sure if there is a different/better way to do this but I'm really just trying to measure 2 meters from a wall to make a hallway. Thanks for any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 If you know were you want the line to begin relative to some other point, you can use the "From" option to start and end the line exactly where you want without any extra steps. There are other methods, but here's one. http://www.screencast.com/t/0wogyFZondi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archityper Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 Thanks, that's makes it much easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_O'neill Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Nestly, you do have some pretty cool videos, I must say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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