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Locking the ORTHO

Anonymous
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While Drawing Line, Walls etc, is there a way to lock the ORTHO instead of pressing the shift key?
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Barry Kelly
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jaesengh wrote:
While Drawing Line, Walls etc, is there a way to lock the ORTHO instead of pressing the shift key?
Turn the guide lines on.

Barry.
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Anonymous
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Thanks, Is there a way to just lock it?
Anonymous
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use the grid snap?
David Maudlin
Rockstar
jae:

You can lock the x, y, r or a coordinate by pressing the option (Mac) or alt (Windows) modifier key while also pressing the respective (x, y, r, or a) coordinate key.

David
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Anonymous
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thanks for the all the help