Line command with "from" option?

[mid-awe]

Hi all,

I'm doing a little "house cleaning" of some old code this morning and I ran across one so old that I cannot remember what it's for.

(COMMAND "LINE" "FROM")

 I run it but it only seems to take more clicks than it's worth. Can anyone remember what the from option is for? It must be FROM before my time 😉

Thank you

[hmsilva]

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@mid-awe wrote:

Hi all,

I'm doing a little "house cleaning" of some old code this morning and I ran across one so old that I cannot remember what it's for.

(COMMAND "LINE" "FROM")

 I run it but it only seems to take more clicks than it's worth. Can anyone remember what the from option is for? It must be FROM before my time 😉

Thank you

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Hi mid-awe,

it's not an option "from" the line command, it's the osnap "from"...

The osmap "from" lets you create a temporary base point with the option offset.

Try it, using shift right click.

Henrique

[Gary_J_Orr]

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@mid-awe wrote:

Hi all,

I'm doing a little "house cleaning" of some old code this morning and I ran across one so old that I cannot remember what it's for.

(COMMAND "LINE" "FROM")

 I run it but it only seems to take more clicks than it's worth. Can anyone remember what the from option is for? It must be FROM before my time 😉

Thank you

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It is an "object snap"/command modifier that provides a method of offsetting a point a given distance and angle from a selected point... from the help files:
At a prompt for locating a point, enter from, and then
enter a temporary reference or base point from which you can specify an offset
to locate the next point. Enter the offset location from this base point as a
relative coordinate or use "direct distance entry"

It can come in handy from time to time... if you want to start a line (per your example but there are many applications for it) six units away from a given point on something else then you would type "from", pick the reference point then type "@10,0,0" (or drag your cursor in the "X" direction and type 10 with DDE) to have your point located 10 units along "X" from the selected reference point.

-Gary

[mid-awe]

Thank you all. Now the messages @ the command prompt make sence  I would not have guessed that in a million years. It's been long enough that I don't remember using it for anything.

Thank you both for clueing me in.