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Old 09-03-2009, 04:07 PM
pkehoe pkehoe is offline
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Re: drawing a non-orthogonal rectangle on a WP

Drawing a rectangle requires 2 points (opposite corners), but is limited to being parallel to the U and V axes. The Copilot can be used, but it requires picking all four points; and it can be challenging if the angle with respect to the U axes is unknown or not "nice". You can get around that by first creating a construction line which is along one of the edges of the rectangle.

Ideally, I'd like to see a dialog for the rectangle command that allowed for a couple of options: direction, length and width. You could enter the two opposite points that you can do now-with the direction set to the U-axis. Or, you could enter a new direction or angle and those two points-the rectangle would then be created, but rotated (with respect to the U-axis). Or, you could enter one corner plus a length and width-and you would still have the option to set a direction. That could be useful!
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