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| Thread ID: 119927 | 2011-08-17 03:55:00 | Turbocad problem | Thomas01 (317) | Press F1 |
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| 1223909 | 2011-08-17 03:55:00 | Oh dear - I thought I was doing so well learning this very difficult program but :- When I try to draw a line now it always is either horizontal or vertical. Nothing at an angle can be drawn unless I press the shift key. Normally its the other way round - the line can be drawn at any inclination and if I want to control it then I must press the shift key for horizontal or vertical lines. The setup I have managed to get is in fact much more convenient for me but I would like to know how I did it and how to get back to the "normal" mode. |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 1223910 | 2011-08-17 10:54:00 | forums.turbocad.com Might be some help here |
Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1223911 | 2011-08-18 00:09:00 | Thanks Whenu I have tried several Turbocad Forums but they all seem a bit "odd" as does Turbocad. My old program DCHoice always struck me as designed by draughtsmen whereas Turbocad seem to be a programmers effort bearing little resemblance to drawing office logic but nevertheless a powerful program capable of a great deal - once one has got the hang of it. Within an hour or so of me starting this thread I had managed to sort things out. Simple once you know how. To change from having the line completely free to be drawn at any angle - to having all lines vertical or horizontal only, then I have to use "Shift plus o" to go either way, and for a temporary change only, just press the shift key while drawing. But trying to find that information in the manual is just about impossible - I tracked it down with the help files showing all keyboard controls - an amazing number of them, I had to read through the lot. Why am I using such a complex program? Well I bought it years ago didn't I. Just too tight fisted to give up on something I paid good money for. Additionally I haven't been able to find a good program like DChoice (which is now rather dated). Still looking. |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 1223912 | 2011-08-18 00:13:00 | Draftsight from dassault Systems is a free 2d drawing program | Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1223913 | 2011-08-18 04:04:00 | Draftsight from dassault Systems is a free 2d drawing program Yep. Got it in fact but haven't done more than try it out yet. I will give it a go soon though. I did find a very good simple program put out by a man and his daughters! I liked it a lot but pointed out that it had no facility for symbols, therefore not acceptable in my book. They were going to look into it. |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 1223914 | 2011-08-18 04:25:00 | I'm no Turbocad expert, but I think you may have "ortho" selected in the snap modes. See the attached screenshot. Ortho is the icon in the bottom left hand corner that looks like a star. HTH |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1223915 | 2011-08-18 23:21:00 | I'm no Turbocad expert, but I think you may have "ortho" selected in the snap modes. See the attached screenshot. Ortho is the icon in the bottom left hand corner that looks like a star. HTH I had already checked this out with no success - but see my final result on my previous post - it works well and I am much happier with the program now (Until the next problem). |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 1223916 | 2011-08-18 23:36:00 | I use TurboCad 14, and there it seems that Shift + o toggles the ortho mode, so you will see the icon selected /non-selected. Then shift when drawing temporarily toggles it. I know what you mean about it sometimes being hard to use, but I suspect that is (in my case anyway) because I actually don't use it that often. I've never used any of the other drafting tools. I don't know what AutoCad is like to use. |
Tony (4941) | ||
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