simpel line angle

Hello all
I have a line in a unknown angle. How can I make a line from the end of
that line in an angle of say 57 degrees to that line. If i use @100<57 the
line comes out in 57 degrees to a horisontal line.
I use acad ver. 14.01

I hope you can help me.

Poul

 

use the command ucs>object
select the lin just drawn.
then use @100<57

Michel

 

be sure to select the line at the startpoint of the lin instead of the end
point. Otherwise your ucs is rotated 180dg th wrong way

Michel

 

copy the existing line to @0,0
rotate P or L (previous or last)
pick point.. new vertex -->57

voila

 

Acad/Icad describes angles relative to the current UCS.
If you want to draw 57 degrees from an angle other than zero in your current
UCS, you have to change the UCS so that your first line's angle is zero.
(UCS>E>Pick end of line near where you want the origin)
It's not very easy to do repeatedly. If you want to draw this way a lot, you
could write a lisp do help you.

 

Copy the existing line in place. That is, pick any point for the
"from" point and type "@" (without quotes) for the "to" point.
Now "rotate" "last" by 57 (or -57).

John B

johnbogie btinternet.com
Put the "at" in the gap.

 

Thanks for all the answers - now I wil try how they works.

Poul