Parallel objects
>> ... if you find out that they're not parallel, how do you make them parallel? <<
>>So you make two lines parallel<<
Another possibility you can see >>here<<, but this is only a snip of a powerful tool (Parametric).
>>I have parallel snaps switched on but it often tries snapping to lines that I'm not trying to snap to.<<
Assuming you want to draw a parallelogram:
>>Here<< you can see how to use the osnap "Parallel".
If this doesn't help you, show us an example what you want to do (What do you have and what do you want to achieve).
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@Anonymous wrote:
How do I do that?
See my 2nd video above.
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@Anonymous wrote:
I saw a video about using the rotate command ... but I can't get it to work.
Didn't you see my videos above. At what point you can not follow the shown steps? What doesn't work for you?
You can have two different situations:
1. The geometry is already drawn and you want to make two lines parallel.
- command rotate, select geometry to rotate
- pick any base point
- Choose Reference option
- pick two points which define the angel of the geometry which you want to rotate
- Choose the 2Points option
- pick two points which define the angle to which you want to ratate.
2. You want to draw new geometry (e.g. a line) parallel to an existing geometry.
- start the line command
- define the start point
- when you are asked for the second point activate the PAR osnap (or set the running osnap to PAR)
- hover the cursor over the geometry which shows the destination angle (do not pick) until you see a small cross
- move the cursor away until you see a temporary track parallel to the existing geometry
- define the needed distance (pick any distance or type a value).
Both variants are shown in the videos above. Look at them carefully ...
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See video link "here" in post #2.
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You should try this from Lee-Mac,
http://www.lee-mac.com/objectalign.html
The full title will say align to a curve but it also will work on lines. Didn't test it on a pline. Not on a computer atm.
GrantsPirate
Piping and Mech. Designer
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@Anonymous wrote:
... I want to put two shapes side by side and I want the edges which are facing each other to be parallel at exactly the same angle. ....
How about just using ALIGN with those edges, and then Moving one of them away if you don't want them touching?
Kent Cooper, AIA 
