Constrain drawing/drag?
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:15 pm
Hello...
Not a new user, but rarely need assistance for the simple stage scenery drafting I do with RealCADD. I love it, I love it, I love it.
But...(you knew that was coming, right?)
I've searched through the forum, and played with the program endlessly, but can't find the way to constrain a drawing angle or drag angle.
I want to draw a line. Click and drag...to the point I want to stop. But in many evil Windows programs, holding down control or shift or some other modifier constrains the line to go either straight horizontal, or straight vertical from the starting position.
Likewise, dragging a group of selected objects while holding down the modifier restrains the movement in the same way, horizontally or vertically. Very useful when doing quick 3 views.
When I try any of the modifier keys while using RealCADD, I get unexpected results; like the object suddenly vanishing as I drag, a group of objects that will suddenly start growing in size as I drag...anyway I've tried all the combos I can see, with no success.
Am I missing something simple? I don't find anything about these topics in either manual...
Thanks in advance!
Bob M
Not a new user, but rarely need assistance for the simple stage scenery drafting I do with RealCADD. I love it, I love it, I love it.
But...(you knew that was coming, right?)
I've searched through the forum, and played with the program endlessly, but can't find the way to constrain a drawing angle or drag angle.
I want to draw a line. Click and drag...to the point I want to stop. But in many evil Windows programs, holding down control or shift or some other modifier constrains the line to go either straight horizontal, or straight vertical from the starting position.
Likewise, dragging a group of selected objects while holding down the modifier restrains the movement in the same way, horizontally or vertically. Very useful when doing quick 3 views.
When I try any of the modifier keys while using RealCADD, I get unexpected results; like the object suddenly vanishing as I drag, a group of objects that will suddenly start growing in size as I drag...anyway I've tried all the combos I can see, with no success.
Am I missing something simple? I don't find anything about these topics in either manual...
Thanks in advance!
Bob M