Considering purchase, line extension or trim

[SSD]

Hello, I came across QCAD and decided to try out some simple things. One thing I wanted to do was to be able to trim a straight line after selecting one end and stretch or reduce it's original length by an amount determined by the mouse - not by pre-setting some fixed increment (plus or minus). Am I missing how to do that or is it not available - something that I have been able to do on all CAD progs I have ever used.

QCAD 64 Trial, Win 11, Lenovo P72

Thank you

[andrew]

Yes, you can do this by dragging the end point of a line:

- Select the line to trim
- Move the mouse over one highlighted end point
- Press and hold the left mouse button
- Move the mouse to start dragging the end point
- Let go of the left mouse button
- Press and hold the Shift key to lengthen / shorten the line while keeping it's angle
- Click the left mouse button to position the end point

[CVH]

- Press and hold the Shift key to lengthen / shorten the line while keeping it's angle

Also: Press and hold the Alt key to lengthen / shorten the line restricted orthogonally to the original position.

And:
- Select the entity to move
- Move the mouse near but not on one of the markers until the entity is highlighted
- Press and hold the left mouse button
- Move the mouse to start dragging the entity at the indicated marker
- Let go of the left mouse button
- Press and hold the Alt key to restrict orthogonally if required
- Click the left mouse button to position the marker

Regards,
CVH

[SSD]

Yes, you can do this by dragging the end point of a line:

- Select the line to trim
- Move the mouse over one highlighted end point
- Press and hold the left mouse button
- Move the mouse to start dragging the end point
- Let go of the left mouse button
- Press and hold the Shift key to lengthen / shorten the line while keeping it's angle
- Click the left mouse button to position the end point

Thank you!

[SSD]

- Press and hold the Shift key to lengthen / shorten the line while keeping it's angle

Also: Press and hold the Alt key to lengthen / shorten the line restricted orthogonally to the original position.

And:
- Select the entity to move
- Move the mouse near but not on one of the markers until the entity is highlighted
- Press and hold the left mouse button
- Move the mouse to start dragging the entity at the indicated marker
- Let go of the left mouse button
- Press and hold the Alt key to restrict orthogonally if required
- Click the left mouse button to position the marker

Regards,
CVH

Thank you!