Line goes in wrong direction in absolute coordinate system

[Anonymous]

I am teaching a basic AutoCAD (2020) course and only one student seems to be having an issue which leads me to believe it's some hidden setting.

I have set the DS, Dynamic Input settings to Absolute and Cartesian.

We are drawing a Line from 2,3 to 2,0.  This should make a line straight out to the right.  However, it's drawing it straight downward.  

Dynamic Input is OFF.

What else are we missing?

[imadHabash]

Hi,

>> We are drawing a Line from 2,3 to 2,0.

How ? what is your input ?

>> This should make a line straight out to the right.  However, it's drawing it straight downward.  

you may need to check your UCS icon direction .

[Anonymous]

We are inputting as 

Line

2,3 (this puts it in the right spot)

2,0 (this shoots a line downward... 

and I just realized my confusion.  This is Absolute and therefore they  need to be inputting in as 4,3 to go 2,0 to the right.  Friday brainfart! >.<

[pendean]

Glad it was an easier fix.

Have you considered teaching the full-control method all the time instead? not just entering x,y and hoping a variable is set correctly, but performing an override all the time, like this:

To enter absolute coordinates: @x,y,z
To enter relative coordinates: @x,y,z
To enter absolute coordinates relative to the World Coordinate System (WCS): *x,y,z

Then your students will be masters of their universe, or AutoCAD at least, all the time 🙂