Offsetting Walls
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2007-07-28 12:38 PM
2007-07-28
12:38 PM
Can anyone tell me how can you offset a wall from any given point. For example if I draw a rectangle room of 10 x 5 metres how can I start a new wall say 3 metres on the 10 metre length.
Is there an offset tool, or a jump tool from a snap point in the drawing?
Please help!
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2007-11-22 05:29 AM
2007-11-22
05:29 AM
Rex
Using value- works for me. Don't know what the setting might be that prevents it, unless its a metric vs imperial thing?
Using value- works for me. Don't know what the setting might be that prevents it, unless its a metric vs imperial thing?

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2007-11-22 10:12 AM
2007-11-22
10:12 AM
s2art wrote:Hmmm, let me check that out. I tried it just before posting to make sure I wasn't speaking erroneously and it did NOT work. But, I will try the metric.
Rex
Using value- works for me. Don't know what the setting might be that prevents it, unless its a metric vs imperial thing?
Nope. Didn't work. What it does for me is absolute from 0,0 values, not relative to the point.
Interesting.
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2007-11-22 05:07 PM
2007-11-22
05:07 PM
Rex wrote:I am not using Imperial units. So in the Metric world, VALUE + works as well as VALUE -. If you have X-Y in Imperial, it means XfeetYinches, therefore ...Djordje wrote:Djordje, you can't use VALUE-. It has to be -VALUE+. Unless I'm seriously missing some setting to allow this.steveacad wrote:If you want to start anything at a distance from an existing point, place the cursor there, type xVALUE+, press enter and the cursor will jump the VALUE to the right. You can also use yVALUE+, or VALUE-. Can be also used for Z coordinate in 3D, and also for R.
Is there an offset tool, or a jump tool from a snap point in the drawing?
Would it not be high time that the US stopped preserving the British monarchy legacy?
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2007-11-27 01:10 AM
2007-11-27
01:10 AM
Djordje wrote:Dude, you are preaching to the choir! One day in 7th grade math class, back in the '70s, our teacher changed the lesson plans and gave us a long speech about how the US was converting to metric, and that by the time we graduated, "miles, inches, pounds, etc." would be a memory... Nope.
Would it not be high time that the US stopped preserving the British monarchy legacy?😉 To paraphrase DNC, even they accepted the metric system, even if it is French!😉
I think Reagan killed it when he took office. At least that was the reason I heard.
I'm guessing almost every US designer, architect and engineer would welcome such a change. Using a base 12 measuring system in a base 10 world really sucks.
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2007-11-27 02:04 AM
2007-11-27
02:04 AM
uhh. really?
surely?
~/ben
Rex wrote:x 3 -
If you wanted it to be 3m to the left of the point, then -3+ would be the data to type ...
... 3m down is y, then -3+.y 3 -
surely?
~/ben
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2007-11-27 02:27 AM
2007-11-27
02:27 AM
Assuming you have Relative coordinates checked in either the Tracker or the Coordinates Box:
-3 = 3 back from where the edit origin is (which will be where you selected your wall unless you manually changed it mid-operation with Alt+Shift);
-3+ = 3 back from where the cursor is;
3- = 3 back from where the cursor is (as above);
But in imperial, since the - is used to separate feet and fractional inches you'll have to type -- for the last method if that's what your working units are set to.
Cheers,
Link.
-3 = 3 back from where the edit origin is (which will be where you selected your wall unless you manually changed it mid-operation with Alt+Shift);
-3+ = 3 back from where the cursor is;
3- = 3 back from where the cursor is (as above);
But in imperial, since the - is used to separate feet and fractional inches you'll have to type -- for the last method if that's what your working units are set to.
Cheers,
Link.
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2007-11-27 05:26 AM
2007-11-27
05:26 AM
Link wrote:That's the one I was thinking of, but having never used Imperial units...
...
But in imperial, since the - is used to separate feet and fractional inches you'll have to type -- for the last method if that's what your working units are set to.
Cheers,
Link.
... although I'm still 5'7"

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