Drawing a line same length as previous line. I assume there is a default setting that I must have turned off some how. I noticed that when I would draw a random line then the next line I would start to draw a little marker would pop up showing the length of the previous line and you could pick it and have 2 lines the same length. I found where you can pick the "Length" check box and make all lines same length but this was easier to use on the fly. Any ideas of what the setting is?
Could it be that the Indexing 'Distance' on the AccuDraw Settings Coordinates Tab is Off ? See also this thread https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/112345/connect---accudraw-not-working-as-ss3/343078#343078 and Wiki https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/15826/accudraw-indexing-is-not-working
If still an issue please advise which Product / Version your using
Regards
Carl Myhill
Technical Support Engineer
Bentley Systems
I'm using PowerDraft V8i version 08.11.09.829
Distance is toggled on and tolerance is set at 10.
This is the default setting / value and is working for me with this Product/Version and I assume this used to work for yourself. You could try adjusting the tolerance to the maximum 99 to see if this helps.
Accudraw Settings are stored in your User Preference File, thus you could try resetting PowerDraft to factory settings if unable to locate the cause https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/8671/restore-microstation-to-factory-defaults note this will affect other preferences, tool layouts.
I set it to 99 and it didn't seem to do anything. I put it back to 10. Seems that if I draw a line, exit out of command then draw another line from the end point of the previous 95% of the time it seems to snap to the length of the previous line. I don't feel comfortable to reset my factory defaults at this time, but will keep it in mind. Thank you Carl.