Stanier Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Hi - Using Draftsight in place of AC2000 I am having problems in re-defining the base angle for the purpose of dividing a circle from zero (i.e. 3 O'Clock position) to one of 45 degrees. In AC2000 I do this by selecting Snap/Settings/Angle and change the value from 0 to 45 which has the desired effect. Using DraftSight and selecting Drawing Settings/Unit System/Base Angle and changing the value from O to 45 which I would have thought would be the equivalent action does not have the same effect. Where am I going wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Strange but the method you describe seems to work for me. Did you click on the Apply button after making your change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanier Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Hi Remark - Thanks for you repy. Yes, I have hit the "Apply" tab but without the required result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Well let me do a second test. How about a base angle of 117.356? OK...test done. That worked too. To check I draw a line and specify @6 BTW...I can double check what angle the line is drawn at if the base angle is reset to its default of 0. Turns out the angle is 117.356 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Step 1: set base angle. Step 2: draw line, check properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanier Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 I wish to be able to simulate the drilling of 4 holes represented in the drawing by Points on a pcd starting with the base angle set to 45 degrees i.e the first Point or 'hole' to be at the NE position. My test so far has been to draw a circle of any diameter, select DIV/4 and expect to see the resulting points in the 45/135/225/315 locations whereas despsite reseting the base ange to 45 the four points are being drawn at 0/9/180/270. - Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 You could always resort to using Polar Tracking or set SNAPANG to 45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanier Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Yes perhaps - but then why should the re-setting of the base angle approach work using AC200 and not in Draftsight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 It does work...in both. Just not for you. Rest assured I test before I post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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