line lenght

[bartymic]

how could i draw a line composed of several distances in one attemp?

thanks

[rickh]

Start a line at any point, turn on ortho or polar, move the cursor away from the first point in a cardinal direction. With ortho you should see the axis "locked" to vertical or horizontal. With polar, you should see a "lock" when you get near horizontal or vertical. When you see the axis "locked" like that, enter the first distance, press enter, next distance, enter, next distance, enter......continue.

[bartymic]

i could do it by polar tracking but the line is still devided in sections. i suppose after marking one line.

[MSasu]

I have to presume, like @rickh, that you are talking about a line that would be the sum of a number of partial lengths; but don't forget that if you would follow the above advice will end with a bunch of contiguous items which isn't a recommended practice. So, call the JOIN command just after to convert them into a single item.

Alternatively, since seems that you use full AutoCAD, may try to either use the 'CAL tool or an AutoLISP expression on prompter:

(+ 25.4 304.8 101)

What doesn't result from your post is the angle you want to draw that line at.

Edited July 30, 2012 by MSasu
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[ReMark]

It is divided into sections because that is how you are entering the information. Get out your calculator and figure out the overall total length. Or, if it needs to be a single entity (selectable with one pick) use a polyline instead.