jhudsonxl Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Until recently I was able to draw a simple rectangle by clicking on the rectangle icon than for an 8" X 16" rectangle type in 16,8 and I would get the rectangle, now what I get is a rectangle that is hundreds of feet long and wide and not even on the spot where I clicked it to start. Something I think may be important is preceding this I did run a macro a few times and it might have changed a setting. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Did you check your units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Attach dwg file here that exhibits this behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbadbob658 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 You need to put a '@' at the beginning of the co-ords if you want it to be the measurements from the first point otherwise the second point is placed at the co-ordinate. I suspect your first point on the rectangle is not at 0,0. When you type in 8,16 it will place the second point at co-ords 8,16 but if you type @8,16 it will place them that distance from the first point. e.g if your first point is placed at co-ords 20,20 then then type 8,16 your rectangle will be 12 units long and 4 units high but it you typed in @8,16 then your rectangle will be 8 units long and 16 units high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhudsonxl Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 I can remember having to use the @ symbol in prior versions of AutoCAD but not anymore if the units are set correctly now if I click on the rectangle icon then type in say 8,16 it will give me an 8" X 16" rectangle. Thank you everyone that has responded to my post but it turned out that I had inadvertently hit the F12 key which turns off or changes the co-ordinate setting I think, well what ever it changes I hit the F12 key again and presto I have my setting back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 For those who don't know, F12 – Toggles Dynamic Input on and off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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