Yes, thats the current way of doing it but, what if you can do it without typing it manually? you could work a lot faster because, at least in my case, 99% of the time I work with an established range of measures, and if you want a very precise length you still can type it.

I just read de "joint double curvature jumbo" discussion and i think this "length snap" goes with keeping the eyes in the model, cause you don't have to look to your keyboard for typing a measure, you just see the screen!

Hi ed,

> Yes! a length snap! sorry i just know a little bit of english
> and some times I end up saying weird things... What about
> that, is that feasible?

Yup, a length snap should not be difficult to add - it will probably not by default get its own button on the bottom toolbar for enabling/disabling it though, it would probably be a setting under Options > Snaps for both enabling it and setting the snap distance.

I've added it to my todo list for things to add in to v3.

For others who are reading this - you can already make a line a specific distance by using distance constraint which you activate by just typing in a number and pushing enter. The "length snap" being discussed here would be for allowing different lengths instead of just one length but making the length of the line go in sort of "chunk" like steps as you move the mouse.

- Michael

Hi Burr,

> 5-tab-tab-23-enter.
>
> A 5 inch line at 23 deg angles.

You can also use Polar coordinate notation for entering in a combined distance/angle value like that.

To do that put in the distance then the < sign and then the angle all together, so for example doing the endpoint of a line at 5 units and 23 degrees away from the start point type:    5<23 and push enter and you will then get that result.

Think of the < (less than) symbol as looking similar to an angle symbol.

- Michael

length snap for v3! great!

Ah the polar coordinates thing. Sweet! I'll need pratice on thinking like that. You know us tropics dwellars! :o

I should be able to remember it for the angle entry though. Thanks.