Rectangle dynamic input issue

[davidschnegg7]

Is it possible to manually enter the first input of a rectangle, and then select a snap point for the second dimension.  As you can see below I started a rectangle at the top left corner of the existing rectangle.  I then entered 0.75" for the width of the rectangle.  Then I hit Tab and I wanted to snap to the bottom corner of the existing rectangle.  It shows that I selected the endpoint, but you can see it doesn't work.  What am I missing here?

[davidschnegg7]

Here's a link to the screencast... 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/7f542fae-718b-4e85-b229-0bbd9ac4eb4a 

[pendean]

RECTANG
4 <tab>
click anywhere

I get a 4-wide by however tall I need when clicking on the second point somewhere else (the 4-wide never changes), I have running osnap in place, nothing else is typed at all. R2021.1.1 in Win10 here, you?

[davidschnegg7]

Yes, that works the same for me.   

What I am trying to do is draw a rectangle inside an existing rectangle.  But with the work I do I often don't know the height of the existing rectangle.

So I want start a rectangle by snapping on the top right of the existing rectangle.  Then entering a width of new rectangle with the keyboard...   Tab...  Then snap the endpoint of the existing rectangle for the height.  But when I do this it doesn't actually set the height of my new rectangle to match the existing.  It shows that I snap the endpoint, but it doesn't actually work.  I now have to stretch the bottom of the new rectangle so it matches the height of the existing triangle.  I'd really like to avoid having to do this extra step.

[pendean]

@davidschnegg7 you missed the first part of the last sentence of my first reply: try it again.
It works just fine as I stated.

***HINT: running osnaps only, no manually entry at all***

[davidschnegg7]

Autocad 2022.1 in windows 10.  I've had this issue for years, so I don't think it has to do with my current version of AutoCad.

I tried your osnap method, but it's still not working.

Here is a screencast.  Pretending that I don't know the existing rectangle is 4" tall...  I'm trying to snap the endpoint - to set the height of my new rectangle to 4".  So I wanted to create a 1" wide rectangle, that matches the 4" tall existing rectangle.  

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/b8aaf4a3-edea-44ff-8359-4b933f9611a8 

[pendean · Accepted solution]

AutoCAD 2022.1.1 (one additional update from yours) works fine here too, INT is the running osnap, see video https://autode.sk/3KltcNq

[davidschnegg7]

That's exactly what I want!  My autocad behaves differently.  I tried all the variations of the Dynmode system variable with no luck. 

I looked at the 'dynamic input settings' as well, and I don't see anything there that would cause this issue.

Did you see my screencast?  I did the same steps as you, but it didn't work for me.

[davidschnegg7]

I think I found the problem.  For the second point it will work if my cursor is really close to the actual snap point.  

I guess I typically snap further away from the endpoint... to make sure I can see the snap tooltip.  

But for this operation I need to actually have the tooltip right where I'm trying to snap to. 

I think this might be a small bug in autocad.

[pendean]

I saw both of your videos: DYNMODE has nothing to do with it AFAIK, but if it does it is always running over here and set to 3, and my OSMODE was set to 123 in the video. Nothing else really matters, even zoom level from my testing.

>>>...it will work if my cursor is really close to the actual snap point.  ...<<<

Umm, well, why would you not?

Post your DWG file, perhaps you have something else going on in it.

Again, this is 2022.1.1 and not 2022.1, not sure it makes a difference, but you might as well catch up either way.

[davidschnegg7]

Thank you for your help with this.  I just have to change my habit of snapping from a distance.  I typically snap from further away when I have a lot of lines that are close together.  This way I can easily see that I'm at the exact point I want.  

In my opinion though... if I'm an inch away from the actually endpoint...  and autocad pops up with the endpoint snap.  The rectangle should be correct, but it's not.  

[davidschnegg7]

Also, I tested using the Nearest osnap for an arbitrary point along the bottom edge of the existing rectangle... and that does not work.

But I'm happy that I can now use the endpoint correctly and this will greatly improve my workflow.