Posted by Jaycad on Jun 04, 2022; 8:09pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/What-about-basic-lack-of-functionality-tp5718854p5721760.html


Thank you, I'm glad if I can help.  However, I must say that I do not think LordOfBikes has a chip on his shoulder.  The OP's post was not completely clear and I had to read the thread a couple of times until i understood it, and I'm still not entirely clear on the matter of simply entering a distance instead of a distance+angle combination.

LoB's answer may be terse but he does suggest solutions where he can understand what Chameleon is asking, asks for clarification where he does not and suggests ways that Chameleon can submit feature requests.  LoB's reply is useful when read properly.

I get the impression that Chameleon's first language is not English, which may account for the clarity of the requests.  

To return to the distance/angle question, the impression I get is that the OP wants an angle snap such that when drawing a line, after placing the start point, the cursor is constrained to eg 15 degree increments and only the distance needs to be entered rather than a e.g. @50<45 combination.  

AutoCad can be configured to "cursor input" where a box next to the cursor displays the distance and angle from the previous point and can by changed with keyboard input. Used together with angle snap, one just hovers the mouse near to an angle increment and types the required distance.  

I think that the Angle mode of line drawing is the nearest to this in LibreCad because you can set the line angle and length in the toolbar options.

Chameleon, if you are moving away from AutoCad because of the cost but need a very near functionality match, I suggest trying ProgeCad - I used to use this for building survey and it is very close to AutoCad in functionality, but is a fraction of the cost.   I'm not familiar with QCAD (perhaps someone else here is) but the professional trial download might be worth looking at.