reachtam Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Hi, I'm new to autocad and was trying to figure out how to draw angled lines. For example, I've drawn a line (L1) 315° (or -45°) from horizontal. Next I want to draw another line (L2) 15 units long intersecting L1 at some angle "relative" to L1, say 57°, how do i do that? I've tried using "@15 -thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmdrDuh Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 right click polar on status bar and choose settings, then choose relative to last segment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reachtam Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 i've tried that before. all that does for me is track the angle measurements relative to the last segment, but when drawing a line, it draws it relative to ucs, not that line segment. unless i'm doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipsophrenic Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 have you thought of using 3 point ucs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 If you need to draw at 57° to another the line, the quickest way is to set up a UCS based on your first line. At the command line type UCS (enter) then when it says Enter an option, type e . This is not one of the listed options now, but should still work (e stands for entity). Then pick near one end of your line. To get a line at 57° to another line, you could use another method. Copy the first line either on top of itself, or just alongside, then rotate it 57° Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reachtam Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 thanks eldon, that tip did the trick just nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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