Tracking Problem

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:37:46 GMT

Recently my tracking is behaving differently than what it used to.

Example:

Draw a line.

Start line command again.

Type "TK" for tracking.

Pick an end point of the line.

Move crosshairs orthagonally any direction other than the other end point of the line.

Type a distance.

Hit enter.

New line will start the distance you entered, and the direction you picked, from the point you picked on the first line drawn.

This is how it is supposed to work, but:

If I do the same thing, and move the crosshairs in the direction towards the other end of the line, it will not track, or will track to the midpoint of the line, regardless of the distance entered.

This did not used to happen. I have recently loaded a new third party software that I suspect changed a setting somewhere. I have tried to find that setting in vain.

Does anyone know what this could be?

Re: Tracking Problem

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:27:25 GMT

Found it thanks to this link: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?66246-Object-snap-tracking-problem-with-direct-distance-entry

It was in "Options", "User Pereferences", "Priority for Coordinate Data Entry", needed to be reset to "Keyboard entry".

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