Move/stretch on locked direction
@polverini.1054591 wrote:
.... to directly lock the direction so that if I click on the snap point it will stretch or move overriding the snap click while using it to fix only a distance. ....
You can lock the direction by typing in < followed by the angle you want. Unfortunately, if you then use Osnap to pick a location, its result will override that angle.
But try this, if circumstances warrant:
Use the DIST command to get the distance you want [this is where I'm not sure circumstances will always warrant -- a distance measurement may not be able to be made with its result in the direction you're after]. That will put the value into the DISTANCE System Variable. Then start STRETCH, pick your stuff, and pick the starting point. Then type in < followed by the number of units of angle [in whatever your current angle units setting is], which will lock in the Stretching direction, and then type in (getvar 'distance) which will supply that saved distance value.
If that's not viable, the workaround would be to draw a temporary Line or Ray or Xline in a direction perpendicular to your desired angle, and through your desired snap point. Then STRETCH and go perpendicular to that. Erase the temporary reference.
@polverini.1054591 wrote:
.... Isn't there maybe a way to do it through LISP or something?
Very likely. Go over to the place for that -- the >Customization Forum< -- and it would be helpful if you include an image or sample drawing showing what you mean, with before and after conditions.
If you enter mid during the move command then only a midpoint will be selected, regardless of what the running osnaps are set to. I use the Function keys for my osnaps, so if I only want mid I hit F4 and only midpoint will be selected. Picking off of any geometry will result in nothing being picked and you will still be in the move command where you can enter mid and try again.
GrantsPirate
Piping and Mech. Designer
Always save a copy of the drawing before trying anything suggested here.
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@GrantsPirate wrote:
If you enter mid during the move command then only a midpoint will be selected....
Maybe I'm mis-interpreting, but because of the word "segment" in "I usually use midpoint snap to move a segment to another position," I assumed the OP meant using the mid-point grip on a Polyline line segment to move the segment [which has not always been possible]. @polverini.1054591 , is that correct?
Also, am I correct that this is the kind of thing you want to do? Stretch the red shape [it's a Polyline], from the blue dot [whether you start by picking on the grip there or otherwise], specifying the 30-degree angle to lock in the direction, and by picking on the green dot, have the red part go that far but in the locked-in direction, to become the dashed magenta arrangement, but without drawing any temporary reference such as the dotted white line?
If not, give us a correct image of what's needed.
Yes, it is really difficult understanding what the OP is wanting. A picture is worth a thousand words.
GrantsPirate
Piping and Mech. Designer
Always save a copy of the drawing before trying anything suggested here.
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For the orthogonally-oriented directions as in your video [this won't work in other directions as in my image], you can use >Coordinate Filters<. For your video's first move of the box to line up a corner of it with the midpoint of the XY-plane Line, you would do this:
MOVE
{select the box, Enter to complete selection}
{pick the corner of the box as the start of the displacement, then:}
.Y {note the preceding period/decimal]
of
{pick the midpoint of the Line to get the Y coordinate of the end-of-displacement destination}
(need XZ)
{pick anywhere that shares X and Z coordinates with that destination -- it can be on the start-of-displacement corner again}
