Gordon,
You are 7/8th of the way there.
Pick the first point as you are doing, bring your cursor to the existing line
AND THEN...
Once you see the marker then pull away and you should notice there is a marker
left on the line and when you cursor gets to a point that would be either an
extension or parallel to that marker you will have temporary extension line or
parallel line and your cursor should have a tool tip pop up with the type of
object tracking and the length
*******************************************************
DO NOT send technical requests to me via private e-mail
*******************************************************
Tracy Lincoln
Assistant Moderator, Autodesk Discussion Groups
Discussion Group Links:
Index: http://discussion.autodesk.com
Rules: http://discussion.autodesk.com/webx?groundrules
Product Support: http://support.autodesk.com/
Knowledge Base: http://support.autodesk.com/ViewAnswerworks.asp
Downloads: http://support.autodesk.com/Downloads.asp
Gordon Price wrote:
> I am probably about to demonstrate my extreme doltness, but here goes.
> I cannot seem to get the new Extension and Parallel osnaps to work. For
> Parallel, I have a diagonal line on screen. I do another line, and pick a
> start point. I then choose parallel osnap, and when I put the cursor over
> the first line, I do indeed see the parallel marker. I then pick and get "No
> Parallel found for specified point." at the command line. For extension, no
> amount of mouseover results in a marker appearing.
>
> Please, embarrass me and tell me what ridiculously simple thing I am doing.
>
> Regards,
> Gordon
>
> P.s. I have tried it with various permutations of Polar, Osnap & Otrack on
> and off. Ack!