AutoCAD 2011 - Tutorial 04

[johnchristianfraser]

How do you produce a line with a known distance at a specific angle RELATIVE TO THE LAST LINE YOU DREW (and not relative to the x axis)? It seems primitive to have to take out your calculator and trace the angle back from your last known angle from x-axis.

[lidoz]

@johnchristianfraser Make the 1st line, or any line you want. (remove auto snap and all this on the bottom). Then as you are ready to define the second point on the second line with the mouse, dont click anywhere, instead type the distance lets say 100ft, then press TAB then you can type the angle where 90degrees is vertically up then hit enter and ur done! Having the dynamic input makes it easier to see. good luck!

[lidoz]

@lidoz remove the polar tracking..

[johnchristianfraser]

@lidoz Just saw this other response. I'll try that and see what happens

[johnchristianfraser]

@lidoz I don't think you get what I'm saying. When you say TAB and enter 90 degrees to go straight up, that 90 degrees is in RELATION TO THE X AXIS. Say I want 85 degrees from my last line (just off perpendicular), but my line is already on a downward slope of 35 degrees below horizontal; Am I expected to do the math and go 180-35= 145, 145-85= 60 and type a command for my line length @ 60 degrees? The only shortcut I found was to rotate w/ copy and it gives me the annotated angle between.

[PhibeRCoRe]

Damn, you are fuckin awesome. So easy to keep up.

[gil12345ish]

godbless u

[radumbm]

How are the units expresed?how much should i write in the command for a line of..let's say 10 mm(millimeters)?

[lidoz]

@radumbm each page is defined in presetting with different parameters. So first see what are you page units it could be already in mm. Or start a new one and click on autocad icon topleft, then go to drawing utilities and define ur units, ft, m, or mm... that works for me

[VAMPCLOUD1111]

Hi, I am from Saudi Arabia, Middle East.

I just want to say thank you man for the hard work and excellent description you show.

maybe you do not know but you are doing a big favor to me thank you very much.

[floodindahood]

took me quite a while to get that zooming part xD

[marceloblacutt]

when i type 10 units, my line is really small , what can i do ??

[drittbonde]

@marceloblacutt U may zoom in :P



[botsie114]

@marceloblacutt zoom it in

[RAGHAVULU1963]

average

[haymarketfreeride]

Hmm, AutoCAD for Mac doesn't allow you to enter a "." in the polar tracking settings! That's not very good....

[theblackdahlia88]

@haymarketfreeride it's kinda strange considering they have a 22.5 in the preset angles!..

[jakalii]

thank you so much good job

[maniaustralian]

thanku for uploaling but i tried to add 12.5 angel in my settings but it does not come up.

can you giv me bit more information about that plzzzzzzzzz why 12.5 is not coming as an angel to my settings.

[NoticiasIdiotas]

@maniaustralian did you try using a "," instead of the "."?

[maniaustralian]

very nice

[fedora657]

Note, if you watch these drunk, you usually end up rewatching them hungover...

[caddop22]

I hate polar tracking, but have to learn it for the certification test. I started with ACAD 12.

[AnubisSeig]

p's sound good to me. keep up the vid. Thanks mate

[arikqwerty]

Move away from the mic. Everytime you say letter P it hurts my ears.

[amohiuddin2]

Excellent instruction

[PROsec5]

Very good video thanks.