Basic stuff - move, copy along an angle

[fritter63]

Hi all, just started with F 360 and having a frusttrating time with what seems like basic operations.

See attached picture.

1) I'm unable to move any of the circles. They must be constrained somehow? But I can't see how. 

2) I would rather have copied those circles along the slanted line, but the "copy on a grid" tool wouldn't let me go off horizontal. Is there a constraint on that somewhere? Seems like a basic operation to copy on any angle.

Thanks.

[O.Tan]

To move the circle, you'll need to press the centre dot (left button + hold + drag) to move it.

If you want the circle to snap onto the slanted line, what you can do is.
1. Draw the slanted line
2. Draw the circles (make sure it doesn't snap to anything)
3. Use the coincident constraint to snap the centre of the circle to the slanted line.

You might need to dimension the circles and the slanted line to prevent it from changing size during the constraint operation

[fritter63]

"To move the circle, you'll need to press the centre dot (left button + hold + drag) to move it."

While I appreciate your reply, this is NOT very hepful. Did you think I hadn't tried that before posting here? So let me be more explicit with the question:

--> When I press the center dot and try to move the circle with the mouse, it won't move. Are they constrained somehow? Is there a page somewhere that

explains the (rather subtle) visual cues that indicate the constraints (ie, if they are locked down). Is there preferences to stop things from being so tightly constrained

on initial creation?

I tried the coincident constraint and they still won't move. So think they are just somehow "locked" down.

[fritter63]

So here is the solution. If you look at the image I attached on the OP, because the circles were copied in a rectangular pattern, they have a default constraint on them for that.

You can select that icon and delete, at which point they can be moved.

Still haven't found a way to actually copy at an angle, ended up drawing construction lines perpendicular to the circle centers, then intersecting them with a angled construction line and moved the circles to that intersection.