topic make the line straight without having to press shift ? in Modeling

make the line straight without having to press shift ?

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:22:33 GMT

Hello, is there any way to make the line stable straight orthognal without i have to press on shift keyboard like for example autocad i press f8 or ortho indication then the line straight without i have to press on shift continously please help

Re: make the line straight without having to press shift ?

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:01:34 GMT

Yes. Turn on Guide Lines. Details in the Help file.

Re: make the line straight without having to press shift ?

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:44:55 GMT

i think i am turning on guide lines from the first but this does not make the line straight without have to press shift the image is shown i am turning it on

Re: make the line straight without having to press shift ?

NCornia — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:45:04 GMT

Ahmed,

Karl just beat me to it as I was getting my post ready, but here goes anyway:

When turned on, guide lines will appear on screen that your cursor will snap to when close enough to them. You can customize it to only accept 90 degree increments. See image below and check the ArchiCAD Help file.

Re: make the line straight without having to press shift ?

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:03:25 GMT

(And, of course, there's the really old-fashioned way of locking coordinates. If you display the Coordinates Palette (Windows > Palettes), you can lock any coordinate by pressing alt-letter. E.g., pressing alt-Y locks the Y value so that only horizontal lines can be drawn, or alt-A to lock the angle, etc.)

Re: make the line straight without having to press shift ?

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:47:23 GMT

thank you all for the help you provided