Straighten angled lines

[tildaman]

I occasionally find lines on my files are not true 90 or 0 deg. Say a line is 5ft long in X but 1/128" off in Y which almost unnoticable on screen but it bothers me. my inaccurate drawing habit or some imported files etc.

Is there any command to fix these?

[lpseifert]

You can try the Change command with ortho on and using point filters. It may change the length of the line though.

Best if you were to draw the lines with ortho on...

[nukecad]

These slightly out of square lines annoy me too. I have this on a toolbar button to square them up.

 

^C^C_change;'ortho on;_endp \;@;'ortho off;

 

And YES it does shorten the line slightly because you are changing it from the hypotenuse of a triangle to a side of the same triangle, but it was probably meant to be the length of the side in the first place.

[ReMark]

Simple. In the future draw those types of lines with Orthomode enabled. Why would anyone do otherwise?

[hoss]

Draw a straight line with ortho on and use align to make imported lines or others straight and then delete the line

[RobDraw]

Simple. In the future draw those types of lines with Orthomode enabled. Why would anyone do otherwise?

 

Polar and object tracking are more flexible. Direct input is the most accurate.

[nukecad]

Simple. In the future draw those types of lines with Orthomode enabled. Why would anyone do otherwise?

 

Usually happens on drawings that have come from outside the company. (Unskilled or Lazy drafters)?

 

 

Draw a straight line with ortho on and use align to make imported lines or others straight and then delete the line[/Quote]

 

Not all versions , especially LT, have the align command.