Function
Angle + Distance
In this mode – HiCAD default setting – the angle and the distance from the last point are displayed. To define the next point, place the cursor at the desired position and left-click to apply it.
Alternatively, you can also enter the distance via the keyboard. Place the cursor so that the correct angle is displayed, and press the space bar. Enter the desired distance and press OK.
Example
Direction + Distance
Initially, only the angle to the preceding point is displayed here.
Left-click to apply the displayed angle, or press the space bar and enter the angle via the keyboard. HiCAD then displays an appropriate auxiliary line.
Next, the distance is displayed at the cursor. It is marked off, starting from the last point on the angle auxiliary line. Left-click to apply the distance or, after pressing the space bar, enter it via the keyboard. This mode only ever applies to one input; afterwards, the grid mode predefined in SKIZZTEC.DAT becomes active again.
XY-grid
The X- and Y-distance from the last point is displayed. To define the next point, place the cursor at the desired position and left-click to apply it.
Alternatively, you can also enter the values via the keyboard. To do this, press the space bar and, in the input window, enter the X- and Y-distance, separated by a space or a comma, e.g. 100 50. Click OK to exit the input window.
Absolute angle
In the case of the absolute display, the angle refers to the x-axis of the coordinate system. If the absolute angle display is active, the angle is displayed in red at the cursor.
Relative angle
In the case of the relative angle display, the angle refers to the last line. If this display is active, the angle is displayed in cyan.
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