Question

How do I set a Guideline to an angle other than vertical or horizontal?

Requirements

PowerCADD 2000 (version 5) through PowerCADD v7
PowerCADD v7 and Mac OSi X Tiger (10.4.4) or newer recommended

Background

Guidelines can adopt the angle of any line , rotated rectangle or polygon face in the drawing. PowerCADD’s drawing rulers and the Option Key are key (sorry for the pun) to making things happen.

What to do

To have a Guideline adopt the angle of an object in your drawing, do this:

1. Choose Layout Menu > Drawing Setup > Show tab and make sure the Show Rulers box is checked (in PowerCADD 6 or 7 you can also Control + click in the drawing window and choose Show Rulers from the contextual menu)
2. Draw a Line (or polygon, or other object of your choice)
3. Move the mouse over the rulers, the cursor will change
4. Drag a Guideline off the ruler
5. Press the Option key (cursor will change to a target cursor)
6. drag the mouse & guideline and touch the line drawn in (2)
7. the guideline will adopt the same angle as the line

Demo Movie (220KB Download) (need movie help?)

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