Posted by zoneblue on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Old-Autocad-user-struggling-tp5721762p5721772.html

Thanks for the tips guys.

I have tested this some more and i think my non-understanding of how offset in Librecad works is at issue here.

If i type o in the cmd line, the offset distance box shows, which can be populated, and then you can offset  by hovering near the object. In this case the hint shows: specify distance or select entity or through. However if i hit either tools, modify, offset ... or toolbar modify, offset, then the offset distance box does not show, and the hint instead says: select to create offset

Select what? clicking an object does nothing. And why the difference between cmd line and tool?

This hover v click behavior seems to differ between tools

For offset: you have to hover the objects
For fillet: you have to click the first entity, then hover the second.
For trim: you have to click both entitys

My struggle to learn these tools is impeded by not knowing when or if an object will be or has been  selected. After clicking for either trim or fillet there is no visible change in the object.

FTR to offset in autocad, you type o, space, type 300mm, then click the object, then click on which side to offset.