Shortcut to constrain a line to specific degree?

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 From:  verysame
10754.1 
Hi there,

While drawing a line, I know I can type in the degree to constrain its direction.
To do that, I type in the degree value in the numeric field, though I wonder if there's a shortcut for that, so I can decide the degree without moving the mouse cursor from the viewport.
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 From:  Michael Gibson
10754.2 In reply to 10754.1 
Hi verysame, yes if you want to set angle constraint to say 30 degrees, you can type in:

<30

and push Enter. When you type you'll see your keystrokes go into the x/y/z coordinate box in the bottom toolbar, you don't need to click on it first. If you type a single number in that box it will be the same as if you clicked on the distance constraint box and put in a number and if you use the "<" character in front of a number that will be the same as if you clicked in the angle constraint box and put in a number there.

See here for the different kinds of input you can use in the x/y/z coordinate input:
https://moi3d.com/4.0/docs/moi_command_reference1.htm#__XYZ%20/%20Distance%20/%20Angle

You can also press the Tab key to cycle keyboard focus between the x/y/z input, distance constraint input and angle constraint input.

- Michael
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 From:  verysame
10754.3 In reply to 10754.2 
Perfect, that's what I was looking for!

Thanks Michael.
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