Posted by smuphix on Oct 07, 2020; 6:33pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Drawing-a-line-of-specific-length-like-in-AutoCAD-tp5719608.html

Hi,

I'd like to know how I can start drawing a line, click the first point and then just move the mouse in an arbitrary direction (diagonal, orthogonal, whatever) from the first point, then writing the dimension in the command line or automatically while pulling the line - and having the line drawn in that direction and in that specific length.

I was a longtime user of AutoCAD, and this has been a basic UI feature it had for years (15 years ago) ... I can't seem to find the same functionality in any of the free alternatives - can't believe such a fundamental feature isn't available at first glance.

Thanks for the help!