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Can't draw an angled line - Why?

 
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Martin
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:10 pm    Post subject: Can't draw an angled line - Why? Reply with quote
I have several drawings (AC2K) created by someone else that won't
allow me to draw a line at any angle other than horizontal or
vertical. It also won't allow me to dimension at an angle.

I know very little about Autocad - can someone tell me what is causing
this?

FWIW, if I create a new drawing, both drawing and dimensioning work
"normally".

Thanks.

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Martin
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Can't draw an angled line - Why? Reply with quote
OK - Thanks.

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:09:01 -0700, "Paul Turvill" <nospam@turvill.com>
wrote:

Quote:
F1 ... Look up ORTHO mode.
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"Martin" <martinvalley@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:kgr2k15lu4na7vgbpss3gtkuprbqujj4a5@4ax.com...
I have several drawings (AC2K) created by someone else that won't
allow me to draw a line at any angle other than horizontal or
vertical. It also won't allow me to dimension at an angle.

I know very little about Autocad - can someone tell me what is causing
this?

FWIW, if I create a new drawing, both drawing and dimensioning work
"normally".

Thanks.
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Paul Turvill
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Can't draw an angled line - Why? Reply with quote
F1 ... Look up ORTHO mode.
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"Martin" <martinvalley@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:kgr2k15lu4na7vgbpss3gtkuprbqujj4a5@4ax.com...
Quote:
I have several drawings (AC2K) created by someone else that won't
allow me to draw a line at any angle other than horizontal or
vertical. It also won't allow me to dimension at an angle.

I know very little about Autocad - can someone tell me what is causing
this?

FWIW, if I create a new drawing, both drawing and dimensioning work
"normally".

Thanks.


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Brian Salt
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:19 am    Post subject: Re: Can't draw an angled line - Why? Reply with quote
Try pressing F8 to switch ORTHO 'on' and 'off'.


In article <kgr2k15lu4na7vgbpss3gtkuprbqujj4a5@4ax.com>,
martinvalley@comcast.net (Martin) wrote:

Quote:
*From:* Martin <martinvalley@comcast.net
*Date:* Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:48:53 -0700

I have several drawings (AC2K) created by someone else that won't
allow me to draw a line at any angle other than horizontal or
vertical. It also won't allow me to dimension at an angle.

I know very little about Autocad - can someone tell me what is causing
this?

FWIW, if I create a new drawing, both drawing and dimensioning work
"normally".

Thanks.
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