rectangle

Ulrich Hartge

 Hi

has anybody tried to draw a rectange in Mac Version 16.1.08? 

So I choose the rectange by mouse. Click in the drawing and type for example 10,20. This doesn´t work at all. The second value is ignored.

I the windows version it works as it should.

Uli

Michael Mayer

 For me it works typing 10 > TAB > 20 > ENTER

Ulrich Hartge

 :-)

So easy.  It took me hours searching tutorials. Finally I had the idea to try it under Windows and it worked as I learned it in the training. I was already afraid to have Alzheimer.

Uli

Jos Conings

Hi,

Set the prompt menu in settings = 0 'Don't display the prompt menu' and iT works.

In other cases ' Display the prompt menu . . .' Hou have to click in the prompt menu  'Dimensions.

This bug is already reported.

Jos

@Ulrich Hartge:

 Hi

has anybody tried to draw a rectange in Mac Version 16.1.08? 

So I choose the rectange by mouse. Click in the drawing and type for example 10,20. This doesn´t work at all. The second value is ignored.

I the windows version it works as it should.

Uli

Ulrich Hartge

 Hi Jos

I use German language. What means "prompt menu" in German? I tried "Eingabemenü" which doesn´t work.

Uli

Jos Conings

 see attachement (Englisch version)

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Ulrich Hartge

 In my settings it is set to "0". Nevertheless 10,20 isn´t working. But 20 TAB 20 is doing the job

Uli

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Jos Conings

 By using the icoon, i also have to do the Command sometimes twice before the program respond.

I usualy use the short Command   'rec'  and than i don't have This problem.

Regards

Jos

Michael Mayer

 Is there any way to draw a rotated rectangle ?

Other call it 3-point rectangle, where :

1st point = origin

2nd point = direction/angle + length

3rd point = width

Michael Mayer

 Same for the box tool.

like when you have an underlaying site plan and want to quickly create

the geometry of the surrounding buildings.

No matter if 2D black and white plan only or 3D model.

Jos Conings

 Rotated rectangle: (Mac)

Type  'rec'  from Rectangle - enter - than type  'r'  from Rotate - enter -  give first point for exam. 0,0 - enter - give length - tab - give width - enter - give angel - enter

Michael Mayer

Wow, that is quite tedious.

But thanks, it works.

Also for the normal rectangle in XY direction, I feel much more convenient by the way other Apps use,

explicitly separating the steps of creation. So I 80% use the rotated rectangle always anywhere.

(Which needs an extra "R"+ENTER here)

Like :

1. set origin Click

2. set 1st length ENTER

3. set 2nd length ENTER

Opposed to Bricscads way, where needed to to cycle through values by TAB and finally switch to Enter key.

You have to concentrate on which axis is currently active. If it is not the axis you expected, you have to either

switch values in your brain or do a cursor position correction or cycle through TAB.

Each is tedious.

But drawing a rectangle here always means to be limited to XY axis first.

For the rotated option here, the difference of setting the rotation at the end, opposed to others solutions setting

the rotations at the beginning, is that this way you can't match the length of your underlaying rotated background

geometry - you have to estimate the proportions and maybe correct again later.