What does "View->Display Distance/Angle" do?

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Jef
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What does "View->Display Distance/Angle" do?

Post by Jef » Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:04 pm

The title says it all. I'm wondering what this feature is supposed to do. Nothing happens when I select it, and the Reference Manual is no help at all.

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Husky
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Re: What does "View->Display Distance/Angle" do?

Post by Husky » Sun Jul 08, 2018 4:16 am

Jef wrote:
Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:04 pm
The title says it all. I'm wondering what this feature is supposed to do.
Category and tool name says it all. :wink: It displays the distance and the angle at the mouse pointer.

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Jef wrote:
Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:04 pm

Nothing happens when I select it ...
If there is no distance and/or angle which can be displayed then nothing will happens.
Try this:
Activate the Display Distance/Angle,
Launch the "Line from two points",
determine the first point and monitor what happens at your mouse-pointer for the second point ...

Jef wrote:
Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:04 pm
... and the Reference Manual is no help at all.
Well - I think text and symbols will give you all hints what you need ... :wink:


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Re: What does "View->Display Distance/Angle" do?

Post by Jef » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:51 pm

Husky wrote:
Sun Jul 08, 2018 4:16 am
Try this:
Activate the Display Distance/Angle,
Launch the "Line from two points",
determine the first point and monitor what happens at your mouse-pointer for the second point ...
Thanks for your help. I finally figured it out after much trying. It's a toggle, between several types of info displayed while drawing. The fact that the status of the icon in the menu never changes doesn't help.

A couple of words to that effect in the Manual would help, since this tool behaves differently from most (or even all) other tools.

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