I started doing some easy drawings at work. And they don't give an overall length of the dimensions so I can box out the area. I have to add the dimsensions then input it in the computer. It there a command that I can use to add the dimensions and with out having to remember the number have it just put it in. EX. Say I was drawing a line 56+24+25.5. Is there a way to input it like that ?

Thanks

Well, I don't know a command to draw a single straight line from a set of values. You can input every segment of the line with the "legth" options, but they won't be a single entity.

Maybe some LISP Guru out there can write a little routine that alows the data input, the angle and then draw a single line.

I know that Autocad can do this by using 'cal inside the line command. But Intellicad works different and it doesn't have its own calculator. It uses windows. But you can add them in the windows calculator and input the length after you get it.

redliner,

The last version release of IntelliCAD unfortunately disabled direct draw and this has been reported to the ITC to rectify.

With direct draw we can use Lisp’s ability to be interpreted at the command line within commands such as the line.

Select Line then use the pointer to give the line direction then type (+ 56 24 25.5) at the command prompt then Enter and a line will be drawn 105.5 units in the direction of the rubber band from the selected point.

You can use an earlier version of IntelliCAD to handle the drawings until the next release and you now know how to add using Lisp.




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John Finlay
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