10-23-2020, 07:50 PM
Hi all, and thanks to those who volunteer for the noobs. I admit I'm hindered because I want to use commands I'm familiar with from vector programs, pixel drawing programs, and PowerPoint. So may be intuitive to others but is nothing like anything else I've used in the past 30 years. I did look at the tutorial, but I couldn't make the copy paste word as the text indicated. It seems you must know the x, y you want to copy to. Is that right?
I've started to play with Bob's Construction house so as to have some idea what others have done. I want to duplicate a vertical line 32' long as an exterior wall. I selected the line, clicked the [Move] and [Copy] buttons, and used the arrow keys. A big black box followed the line. I now realize that it made a copy at each arrow stop. However When I hit [Enter] it acted like an arrow key and kept moving the line. I tried just holding down on the arrow key. Same result, made many, many lines. What was I supposed to do?
Is is possible to set a zero point to work from? I.e. Can I set a zero point so I can draw a 32' wall without having to add 32 to whatever point I'm at?
I assume people develop a habit of where they start from so they know when to add or subtract? On a UH-1 the weight and balance Reference Datum was, IIRC, 6" forward of the aircraft nose. I mention that as an example of working from a known point no matter how arbitrary.
TIA
Ron
I've started to play with Bob's Construction house so as to have some idea what others have done. I want to duplicate a vertical line 32' long as an exterior wall. I selected the line, clicked the [Move] and [Copy] buttons, and used the arrow keys. A big black box followed the line. I now realize that it made a copy at each arrow stop. However When I hit [Enter] it acted like an arrow key and kept moving the line. I tried just holding down on the arrow key. Same result, made many, many lines. What was I supposed to do?
Is is possible to set a zero point to work from? I.e. Can I set a zero point so I can draw a 32' wall without having to add 32 to whatever point I'm at?
I assume people develop a habit of where they start from so they know when to add or subtract? On a UH-1 the weight and balance Reference Datum was, IIRC, 6" forward of the aircraft nose. I mention that as an example of working from a known point no matter how arbitrary.
TIA
Ron