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Acquiring and Applying Length and Angle

Use this tool to copy a segment length and angle and apply them to another segment.

  1. Select the Apply Length and Angle tool.

    The Apply Length and Angle tab appears in DesignCentral.

  2. Do one of the following:
  3. Click the cursor on the segment where the angle and length will be applied.

    Press Shift to change the point on the segment that is used as the reference.

    Acquiring the length and angle

    1. Ctrl (command in Macintosh) + Click

    Click to apply the length and angle.

    2. Click

    Shift + click to apply the length and angle.

    3. Shift + Click

See Also

Editing Paths

Straightening Lines

Aligning Points and Segments Horizontally or Vertically

Aligning Points and Segments to an Angle

Spacing Points

Repeating Paths

Rounding Corners

Sharpening Corners

Converting Segment into a Curve

Converting Segment to Smooth Arc

Converting Segment to 3-Point Arc

Converting Segment to Arc

Eliminating Extra Points

Removing One Point

Adding One Point

Removing Self-Intersections

Changing Starting Point

Separating to Closed Paths

Separating to Open Paths

Breaking Paths

Joining Paths

Converting Corners to Right Angle

Removing Tiny Objects