Using coordinates in web AutoCAD

[mikesmusicandwoodshop]

Old ACad user trying to use the web version. Why can't I:

Rectang

0,0

@10,2

(Enter)

Apparently tries to put the values into these dimension on screen areas. Which I'd rather not use if not necessary. 

Does the @ symbol still function as a relative coordinate instruction?

[pendean]

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@mikesmusicandwoodshop wrote:

...Rectang

0,0

@10,2

(Enter)

....

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Not a thing. You have to watch the commandline: there is a "dimension" sub-option you need to activate to enter the other points. You can't ignore the commndline in WEB, sorry.

NOTE: AutoCADWEB is not full desktop AutoCAD, never has been, still is not, it lacks more that it offers. And yes, it is different.

[apjones]

Well, you can still do it, sort of....

You just need to type in the values (in current units) into the fields on screen.  Type in the first one, hit tab to move to the next one.

[mikesmusicandwoodshop]

Thanks, and sorry, my resolution is not high enough to actually read the figures typed into your video. 

So the numbers you typed into the fields are relative to your starting point?

[mikesmusicandwoodshop]

Thanks, and sorry, my resolution isn't high enough to read your typed in values on screen.

So after selecting your starting point you supplied the relative dimensions in the two Fields?

[mikesmusicandwoodshop]

Is it possible to draw a line from 0, 0 to 2 in Long at 20°? How is that achieved? Thank you.

2@20

[apjones]

Yes.  In the video above, I typed in 12'-0" in the first box, hit tab to move to the second box and typed in 8'-0" and then hit enter.  This created a 12'-0"X8'-0" box relative to my starting point.

[apjones]

Yes, you should be able to do this as well.  

After starting the line command, click into the command line area and you can type in your starting point (0,0) just as you used to in desktop ACAD.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

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@mikesmusicandwoodshop wrote:

Is it possible to draw a line from 0, 0 to 2 in Long at 20°? How is that achieved? Thank you.

2@20

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That's never been how you draw at an angle: been away for a while from desktop AutoCAD by chance?

@2<20

In WEB it is different: again, you have to watch the screen and commandline, the program is reminding you of what to do.

Start LINE command

enter 0,0 for absolute 0,0 location

then notice as you drag your cursor in the direction you want that an angle is displayed with the word TAB in a box next to it?

Tap the TAB key once on your keyboard to enter the angle you want, in this case 20,

then TAB key once again to enter your distance, in this case 2.

Yep, you need to practice. And you need to watch your screen for command prompts.

You could also set POLAR to 10 (if you plan on always drawing at angles in 10 multiples) to skip the multi-tap options too: do you know how to use POLAR? It's like ORTHO but it lets you set the angle instead of just the default of 90 degrees.

[pendean]

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@apjones wrote:

Yes, you should be able to do this as well.  

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I suspect you've not used AutoCADWEB much, yes? Give it a try, it's free to all subscribers, uses the same login as your desktop AutoCAD

https://web.autocad.com/