Line That Goes n Goes

[kthr331]

Running AutoCAD LT 2013. I'm going to draw a line on a 45 deg angle. The start point is clicked and I drag the line at the appx angle. Then I type <45 and Enter. Sometimes I get what I was hoping for, but often the line takes off on a 45 deg angle, but also goes 45 inches. I undo and try again - same thing. I undo and try again - this time it works right. So far I have not been able to determine if I do something differently from one time to the next. All ideas, suggestions, comments of what I am doing wrong will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

[pendean]

Can you type the exact sequence you use in LT and describe the clicks so we can all try and replicate?

[sthompson1021]

Hi, are you by chance using right click for enter? I tried it a couple times and using right click, it would sometimes end the line at 45". Can't explain what the difference was in the click but it did it.

[kthr331]

Thanks pendean & sthompson1021 for considering and responding to my post. When I wrote "The start point is clicked and I drag the line at the appx angle. Then I type <45 and Enter." I was absolutely sure that was exactly what I was doing, but to make sure I went back and tried it some more. I followed the same procedure as described and now it does nothing except what it is sposed to do. Just a couple months ago I updated from 2000 to 2013 and all along I would get the correct action in this procedure only every 3rd or 4th attempt. Now it's 100% to the good. I can't even find a way to make it misfire now. Apparently all I have to do is threaten my program with you guys and it straightens right up! Thanks. K.