From: 大道刀 (SUIYAN)
Hello everyone,
如题，详情见(As the title suggests, please refer to the details)：https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-C689F165-7C9E-4F09-96C3-BCA91DC4297C
这样能够快速定位线或孔的位置，不需要额外的参考线。（This can quickly locate the position of lines or holes without the need for additional reference lines.）
From: Michael Gibson
Hi SUIYAN, your link describes it as:
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Tracking specifies a series of temporary points, each offset from the previous one. Thus, you specify a new point location from a series of directions and distances.
But how does that help to locate the position of holes?
Do you have an example that you could show how you use it?
If you are looking for something to draw a polyline by specifying a distance and relative angle from the previous polyline segment, there is a new coordinate entry method for that enabled in the current v5 beta.
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Update point picker in Polyline command to allow angle values relative to the previous line segment.
You can now type in polar coordinate values like this:
5r45
9L20
The polar distance is first, then a lower case or upper case L or R followed by the angle in degrees.
This will control one of 4 angles either to the left or right (L or R) side and uppercase L or R will control the outside angle while using a lowercase letter will control the inside angle.
You can also enter in just an angle constraint with no distance value, this will create a tracking line to the left or right of the last drawn segment.
R20 will make a tracking line at a 20 degree angle on the outside from the last line segment.
r20 makes it at a 20 degree angle on the inside.
L20 or l20 does it on the left.
So for example when you are drawing a polyline and you have placed the first 2 points and you are now picking the 3rd polyline point:
you can now enter 5L30 which will place the next point at 5 units away from the previous polyline point and at an angle of 30 degrees relative to the previous polyline line segment, to the left of the previous line direction.
Makes a result like this (new for the Feb-8-2025 MOI v5 beta):
- Michael
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From: 大道刀 (SUIYAN)
Thans Michael
我通常在CAD中这样使用tracking（TK）指令（I usually use the tracking (TK) command in CAD like this）
它实际适用于所有的绘制曲线的工具，不仅在直线绘制中，是一个绘制定位的指令。（It is actually applicable to all tools for drawing curves, not just in straight line drawing. Just used for positioning）
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From: Michael Gibson
Hi SUIYAN, thanks for describing it. For the case you show there where you want to locate the circle's center point at a displacement of 70 in +x and 200 in -y you can use a relative point input for that.
That would go like this: start the circle command, then type r70,-200 and push Enter. Now you should see that when you move your mouse around the point that will be used is shifted by 70 in x and -200 in y, so snap on to the corner of the rectangle and you should get the displaced point you want.
If you want to do one with multiple steps the closest thing to that would be to draw a helper polyline using the new Left/Right polar coordinate entry.
To do it like AutoCAD tracking where you can activate a mode in a general point pick may be kind of difficult since there isn't an existing place in the UI to show how to finish the mode.
- Michael
From: 大道刀 (SUIYAN)
HI Michael
感谢您的启发，我想我找到了在moi中定位绘制的方法，在激活绘制工具后，输入@X距离,Y距离，Z距离，回车（鼠标右键），就会出现相应的定位点，鼠标左键，完成。（Thank you for your inspiration. I think I have found a way to locate and draw in MOI. After activating the drawing tool, enter @ X distance, Y distance, Z distance, press enter (right-click), and the corresponding location point will appear. Click the left mouse button to complete.）
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From: Michael Gibson
Hi SUIYAN, yes you can enter either r x,y,z (for relative) or @ x,y,z to do that.
- Michael
