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Lee Davison
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:26 pm    Post subject: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
ACAD LT 02

Hi,
I know you can measure distances to a great accuracy by using the distance
command but is there the same for measuring angles to a high decimal place?

Thanks
Lee

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Michael Bulatovich
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:10 am    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
The DIST command reports this between points, if the angular units are set
to high precision. LIST will do it for a line.
If you want the angle between things then an angular dimension is probably
the way to go. The dimstyle has to have its units set to high accuracy as
well in this latter case.
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www.michaelbulatovich.ca

"Lee Davison" <lee.j.davison@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
ACAD LT 02

Hi,
I know you can measure distances to a great accuracy by using the distance
command but is there the same for measuring angles to a high decimal
place?

Thanks
Lee

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uNkulunkulu
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:10 am    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
"Lee Davison" <lee.j.davison@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
ACAD LT 02

Hi,
I know you can measure distances to a great accuracy by using the distance
command but is there the same for measuring angles to a high decimal
place?

Thanks
Lee


You could jus use angular dimension and set the units to what ever decimal

place you need. Maybe someone has written a lisp routine but that is the way
I do it.

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uNkulunkulu
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mina bona lo mombi yena lo shatini
Skat lo Boss yena fika, nika yena iwhisky

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Greg Farris
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:08 am    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
In article <XJbcf.30346$Av1.28490@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, izulu@kya.kamina
says...
Quote:



"Lee Davison" <lee.j.davison@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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ACAD LT 02

Hi,
I know you can measure distances to a great accuracy by using the distance
command but is there the same for measuring angles to a high decimal
place?

Thanks
Lee


You could jus use angular dimension and set the units to what ever decimal
place you need. Maybe someone has written a lisp routine but that is the way
I do it.

--

Same for me.
Maybe if you're doing a lot of it you might want to write a routine.
Personally, I never have an application that requires angular dimensions "to a
high decimal place". Quite the contrary, if you submit a manufacturing drawing
with an angular dimension of 26.0635° you can't be surprised when the invoice
comes in with a lot of numbers on the other side of the decimal point.
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Michael Bulatovich
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
: D
Good one!

"Greg Farris" <nonum@goaway.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Personally, I never have an application that requires angular dimensions
"to a
high decimal place". Quite the contrary, if you submit a manufacturing
drawing
with an angular dimension of 26.0635° you can't be surprised when the
invoice
comes in with a lot of numbers on the other side of the decimal point.
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Dick Alvarez
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
You answered a question that I and others had been trying to answer for a
long time. Thank you!

Dick Alvarez
alvarez at alumni dot caltech dot edu
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Michael Bulatovich
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:10 am    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
Cool!

"Dick Alvarez" <address.in.sig@end.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
You answered a question that I and others had been trying to answer for a
long time. Thank you!

Dick Alvarez
alvarez at alumni dot caltech dot edu
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uNkulunkulu
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
Measuring the angle from which reference point?



"medeziner" <medeziner@comcast.net> wrote in message
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If your NOT using AutoCad LT then you can use this lisp program.

HowFarLisp
Gives the exact distance and the X and Y components between two points
(PT1-PT2) in Decimal, Fractional, Engineering, Architectural and
Metric. It also gives the ANGLE between the two points in Nearest
degree, Decimal degree and degrees/minutes/seconds formats. While
the dialog box displays the measurements & angle it allows the user to
change the precision of each format from 0 to 8 places precision.

You can get it at: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/medeziner/

AND ITS 100% FREEWARE



"Lee Davison" <lee.j.davison@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
ACAD LT 02

Hi,
I know you can measure distances to a great accuracy by using the distance
command but is there the same for measuring angles to a high decimal
place?

Thanks
Lee

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medeziner
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
It measures the distance and the angle between PT1 and PT2.
So if PT1 was 0,0 and PT2 was 2,2 it would give the following:

Distance between pt1 pt2 is 2.82842712 with
an X=2.00000000 and Y=2.00000000
and an angle of 45.00000000deg
if the user set the sliders at 8 place precision

PT1 and PT2 can be picked off the drawing just like you pick
two points for the Acad distance command. It then gives you
the distance and angle in a dialog box instead of at the command
prompt and you can change the precision of each format and the
angle display from 0 to 8 places precision.

You can get HowFarLisp at: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/medeziner/
AND ITS 100% FREEWARE




"uNkulunkulu" <izulu@kya.kamina> wrote in message news:LbHdf.19726$MD5.3056@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
Measuring the angle from which reference point?



"medeziner" <medeziner@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:s4OdnQUq9qDkoOvenZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
If your NOT using AutoCad LT then you can use this lisp program.

HowFarLisp
Gives the exact distance and the X and Y components between two points
(PT1-PT2) in Decimal, Fractional, Engineering, Architectural and
Metric. It also gives the ANGLE between the two points in Nearest
degree, Decimal degree and degrees/minutes/seconds formats. While
the dialog box displays the measurements & angle it allows the user to
change the precision of each format from 0 to 8 places precision.

You can get it at: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/medeziner/

AND ITS 100% FREEWARE



"Lee Davison" <lee.j.davison@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
ACAD LT 02

Hi,
I know you can measure distances to a great accuracy by using the distance
command but is there the same for measuring angles to a high decimal
place?

Thanks
Lee

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uNkulunkulu
Guest
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:10 am    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
So you say from that the reference point is alway one or other of the x or y
or z axis'. If you say that the only consideration are the 2 points then you
can put a reference point any where in the drawing but each time you put
this third reference point in a different place the angle beteween the two
points the angle will change. If the only consideration is the 2 points then
the angle has to be 180 degrees.



"medeziner" <medeziner@comcast.net> wrote in message
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It measures the distance and the angle between PT1 and PT2.
So if PT1 was 0,0 and PT2 was 2,2 it would give the following:

Distance between pt1 pt2 is 2.82842712 with
an X=2.00000000 and Y=2.00000000
and an angle of 45.00000000deg
if the user set the sliders at 8 place precision

PT1 and PT2 can be picked off the drawing just like you pick
two points for the Acad distance command. It then gives you
the distance and angle in a dialog box instead of at the command
prompt and you can change the precision of each format and the
angle display from 0 to 8 places precision.

You can get HowFarLisp at: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/medeziner/
AND ITS 100% FREEWARE




"uNkulunkulu" <izulu@kya.kamina> wrote in message
news:LbHdf.19726$MD5.3056@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
Measuring the angle from which reference point?



"medeziner" <medeziner@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:s4OdnQUq9qDkoOvenZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
If your NOT using AutoCad LT then you can use this lisp program.

HowFarLisp
Gives the exact distance and the X and Y components between two points
(PT1-PT2) in Decimal, Fractional, Engineering, Architectural and
Metric. It also gives the ANGLE between the two points in Nearest
degree, Decimal degree and degrees/minutes/seconds formats. While
the dialog box displays the measurements & angle it allows the user to
change the precision of each format from 0 to 8 places precision.

You can get it at: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/medeziner/

AND ITS 100% FREEWARE



"Lee Davison" <lee.j.davison@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
ACAD LT 02

Hi,
I know you can measure distances to a great accuracy by using the distance
command but is there the same for measuring angles to a high decimal
place?

Thanks
Lee

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Brian Salt
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:24 am    Post subject: Re: Measuring Angles Reply with quote
In article <EqPdf.7432$Lw5.5545@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
izulu@kya.kamina (uNkulunkulu) wrote:

Quote:
So you say from that the reference point is alway one or other of the x
or y or z axis'. If you say that the only consideration are the 2
points then you can put a reference point any where in the drawing but
each time you put this third reference point in a different place the
angle beteween the two points the angle will change. If the only
consideration is the 2 points then the angle has to be 180 degrees.

It seems to measure the angle between the line joining the two points and
the direction of 'zero angle', as determined by your DDUNITS setting.

If, for example, I draw a line 100 units vertically downwards and then 100
units horizontally to the right, the angle given as 'between' the two ends
of the lines is not 90 degrees but 135 degrees (or 315 degrees, depending
on which end to select first), because my setting is with zero degrees
being eastwards (along X axis) in the DDUNITS dialogue box.

I cannot, at the moment, see the advantage of such a measurement.
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