I am not seeing this problem - maybe it is a Mac thing?
When I drag the end node of a polyline the user origin automatically snaps to the end point I am dragging from so the distance in the tracker is set from that point.
Doesn't matter if I am moving the node or adding a new segment.
Even if I turn the tracker off and use the radius in the co-ordinates palette that radius is measured from the end of the polyline.
Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11