how to show angle and length of a line in properties?

[cat3appr]

hi all

 

I use autocad 2016, in a previous drawing a couple of days ago I was able to see thethe angle of a line in the properties ... now it's not there... how do I see it? ( in properties i mean )

[ccowgill]

Can you confirm the object you have selected is a line, not a polyline? different objects show different properties. sometimes object properties are hidden and need to be expanded, most likely what you are looking for is the geometry grouping. can you post a screenshot of the properties palette you are currently looking at?

[cat3appr]

Can you confirm the object you have selected is a line, not a polyline? different objects show different properties. sometimes object properties are hidden and need to be expanded, most likely what you are looking for is the geometry grouping. can you post a screenshot of the properties palette you are currently looking at?

 

got it thanks, i was looking at the properties of a polyline indeed... I drew a line and i was able to see the length and angle, under geometry... but i wonder why i can't view these in a polyline?!

[Dadgad]

got it thanks, i was looking at the properties of a polyline indeed... I drew a line and i was able to see the length and angle, under geometry... but i wonder why i can't view these in a polyline?!

 

Polylines just don't display those properties, unlike lines.

You could explode a polyline, which will turn it into a line, then those properties will be displayed.

Seems rather counter productive though, to do it that way.

[BIGAL]

Have a look at http://www.lee-mac.com for his pline details lisp

[Dadgad]

Have a look at www.lee-mac.com for his pline details lisp

 

BIGAL, I just checked Lee's site, as I was shocked to think that I might have missed that one, but while there are lots of very interesting and useful ones, none of them gives the ANGLE, unless I missed something.

 

Thanks Lee!

[BIGAL]

Thanks Dadgad I have ran it a couple of times did not realise it does not give angles, I may have seen a lisp on AUGI that dims plines including angles. Cat3appr google dimensioning plines.

[ccowgill]

Polylines just don't display those properties, unlike lines.

You could explode a polyline, which will turn it into a line, then those properties will be displayed.

Seems rather counter productive though, to do it that way.

It's not that they don't show those properties it's that the polyline can have multiple segments, even if it is only drawn as a single segment the program can't differentiate between segments in a polyline to show the properties of any portion (it can't show everything at once) you could try to list the polyline and see if that gives the data for each segment.

[Dadgad]

It's not that they don't show those properties it's that the polyline can have multiple segments, even if it is only drawn as a single segment the program can't differentiate between segments in a polyline to show the properties of any portion (it can't show everything at once) you could try to list the polyline and see if that gives the data for each segment.

 

Nicely explained, makes perfect sense, when said that way!

[BIGAL]

Using list

LWPOLYLINE  Layer: "DEFAULT"
                           Space: Paper space
                          Layout: D01
                  Handle = 129ba
             Open
   Constant width     0.000
             area   34260.402
           length   495.882
         at point  X=  204.537  Y=  426.224  Z=    0.000
         at point  X=  204.537  Y=  289.620  Z=    0.000
            bulge     0.414
           center  X=  282.537  Y=  289.620  Z=    0.000
           radius    78.000
      start angle   270.000
        end angle   180.000
         at point  X=  282.537  Y=  211.620  Z=    0.000
         at point  X=  376.781  Y=  211.620  Z=    0.000
            bulge     0.414
           center  X=  376.781  Y=  256.620  Z=    0.000
           radius    45.000
      start angle   180.000
        end angle    90.000
         at point  X=  421.781  Y=  256.620  Z=    0.000
         at point  X=  421.781  Y=  328.446  Z=    0.000