Community
AutoSketch
cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Extending "diagonal" lines

5 REPLIES 5
Back to Additional Product Forums Category
Back to Topic Listing
Reply
Message 1 of 6
donbowyer
262 Views, 5 Replies
‎01-16-2002 09:42 AM
‎01-16-2002 09:42 AM

Extending "diagonal" lines

From Don. New(ish) AS7 user and 1st message.

I can extend / lengthen a horizontal line by dragging a handle having hit
x-lock, to keep it horizontal.
The same with vertical lines (y-lock) - no worries.
BUT - how do I extend / lengthen a "diagonal" or sloping line ie between 0 & 90
degrees AND keep it at the same angle. Is there a lock(s)?
I realise I can select the line and change its length on the edit bar but it
might extend the wrong way depending on how it was first drawn.
Looking thru the other messages on the site I see Harvey has produced a
"Getting Started" guide which I think would be of help to me. From where can I
download it?
Report
0 Likes
Reply
5 REPLIES 5
Message 2 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: donbowyer
‎01-16-2002 11:27 AM
‎01-16-2002 11:27 AM

Change the coordinate in the edit bar to GRID and
drag the corner handles.

 

Paul


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
From
Don. New(ish) AS7 user and 1st message.

I can extend / lengthen a horizontal line by dragging a handle having hit

x-lock, to keep it horizontal.
The same with vertical lines (y-lock) -
no worries.
BUT - how do I extend / lengthen a "diagonal" or sloping line
ie between 0 & 90
degrees AND keep it at the same angle. Is there a
lock(s)?
I realise I can select the line and change its length on the edit
bar but it
might extend the wrong way depending on how it was first drawn.

Looking thru the other messages on the site I see Harvey has produced a

"Getting Started" guide which I think would be of help to me. From where
can I
download it?

Report
0 Likes
Reply
Message 3 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: donbowyer
‎01-16-2002 10:31 PM
‎01-16-2002 10:31 PM

Paul,

 

I didn't know that.

 

I'm a QuickCAD V8 user, but I hang around here for
this very reason. Thanks for the tip. Now I can stop building
those construction lines to "Trim Edge" to.

 

Dave

 


style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">

Change the coordinate in the edit bar to GRID and
drag the corner handles.

 

Paul


style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">
From
Don. New(ish) AS7 user and 1st message.

I can extend / lengthen a horizontal line by dragging a handle having hit

x-lock, to keep it horizontal.
The same with vertical lines (y-lock)
- no worries.
BUT - how do I extend / lengthen a "diagonal" or sloping
line ie between 0 & 90
degrees AND keep it at the same angle. Is
there a lock(s)?
I realise I can select the line and change its length
on the edit bar but it
might extend the wrong way depending on how it
was first drawn.
Looking thru the other messages on the site I see
Harvey has produced a
"Getting Started" guide which I think would be of
help to me. From where can I
download
it?

Report
0 Likes
Reply
Message 4 of 6
donbowyer
in reply to: donbowyer
‎01-17-2002 02:49 AM
‎01-17-2002 02:49 AM

Hi Paul
Yes it works super - "diagonal lines" Many thanks.
I'm still trying to get Harvey's "Getting Started"
I've got a message with an attachment that should be it called "Getting Started2pdf.zip" (if I remember right), but when I open it all that's there is "No Attachment"
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Don
Report
0 Likes
Reply
Message 5 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: donbowyer
‎01-17-2002 03:00 AM
‎01-17-2002 03:00 AM

I'll DL it to CF

Check there.
http://discussion.autodesk.com/WebX?14@74.R9Y1aAVnc3W^1@.ee940b3


donbowyer wrote:
>
> Hi Paul
> Yes it works super - "diagonal lines" Many thanks.
> I'm still trying to get Harvey's "Getting Started"
> I've got a message with an attachment that should be it called
> "Getting Started2pdf.zip" (if I remember right), but when I open it
> all that's there is "No Attachment"
> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
> Don
Report
0 Likes
Reply
Message 6 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: donbowyer
‎01-17-2002 04:44 PM
‎01-17-2002 04:44 PM

If you want to go one step further you can go to
Tools>Customize and then Key Assignments and create a [Shift + Ctrl] command
for the character G for "Align With Grid" and this way when a line is
highlighted just hold down Ctrl&Shift with one hand and hit G. 

 

Use the Assign button to confirm the setting within
the Key Assignments box.

 

Paul Jackson


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

Paul,

 

I didn't know that.

 

I'm a QuickCAD V8 user, but I hang around here
for this very reason. Thanks for the tip. Now I can stop building
those construction lines to "Trim Edge" to.

 

Dave

 


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

Change the coordinate in the edit bar to GRID
and drag the corner handles.

 

Paul


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
From
Don. New(ish) AS7 user and 1st message.

I can extend / lengthen a horizontal line by dragging a handle having
hit
x-lock, to keep it horizontal.
The same with vertical lines
(y-lock) - no worries.
BUT - how do I extend / lengthen a "diagonal"
or sloping line ie between 0 & 90
degrees AND keep it at the same
angle. Is there a lock(s)?
I realise I can select the line and change
its length on the edit bar but it
might extend the wrong way depending
on how it was first drawn.
Looking thru the other messages on the site
I see Harvey has produced a
"Getting Started" guide which I think
would be of help to me. From where can I
download
it?

Report
0 Likes
Reply
Reply

Can't find what you're looking for? Ask the community or share your knowledge.

Post to forums  

Autodesk Design & Make Report

Report a website issue