Using width and angle for a trace

[formsR28H6]

The angle and length fields are greyed out in the screenshot below.

I would like to define my trace using angle, length and starting x & y positions, how can I do that ?

[jorge_garcia]

Hi @formsR28H6 ,

I hope you're doing well. You can't use all of those fields since they are not independent. If you define the X and Y coords of the two end points then the angle and length are already determined and calculated from those points.

Now if alternatively you want to use a polar coordinate system, this is technically possible but you won't be able to use the inspector to set the angle and length. Here's the procedure:

1. Use the MARK command to place a relative origin. The Mark command can be found in the Document menu, under the Draw submenu

2. As soon as you place a mark you'll notice that the command line now shows you some additional information, it will show you the cursor's postion relative to the new origin in both cartesian and polar coordinate systems as well as the position relative to the absolute origin.

With the above set you can now define lines with polar coords so for example a line from the relative origin that's 20mils long at an angle of 30 degrees would be defined with the following command line options

LINE (P 0 0) (P 20mil 30)

The P specifies that you are defining the length and angle instead of X and Y coords. 

Let me know how this works for you.

Best Regards,