Can you use polar when using the snap from command?

[AfricanDan]

Hi all,

 

im new to autocad and the forum, sorry if im in the wrong section ill soon find my way round.

 

anyway ive got the very basics down on autocad 2012 but was just wondering if you can use the polar command while using snap from, like for example if i want to draw a circle 180mm from another point at 45deg (@180

 

thanks, any advice much appreciated

 

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[bill_borec]

Dan,

I am not aware of a way to establish that center point without either (1) drawing the circle at the first known point, then moving the center of the circle using the relative distance (@180

I am sure that other posters will correct me, if I am wrong.

[AfricanDan]

hey bill,

 

thanks for reply

 

yeah i have been doing it using a construction line and deleting as you said, suppose drawing the circle at said point then moving it as you said is pretty much the same difference.

i managed fine using the first example, but was just thought today while doing it if the was a way to 'snap from' using polar.

[SLW210]

It works for me.

 

I used _CIRCLE (Shift+Right-Click, From) selected corner of triangle, Typed @180

 

 

 

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[AfricanDan]

ah yeah cheers, i copied that an that worked, mabye i should be abit more specific as what i was trying to do which i just tried again and didnt work, was i drew a circle then using snap from, snapped to centre of the circle then tried to offset from the centre using polar which it didnt allow.

 

 

E2A: sorted it, cheers SLW, think what it was is that i was typing @180,

[SLW210]

Works fine here.

 

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[AfricanDan]

im struggling to reply to this thread, not ignored you SLW, ha, not sure why wont let me reply

 

e2a: well thiat seemed to work, :S, anyway thanks for the help SLW, thinkl what it was, was that i was typing @180,