Topic: A.F.F. Notation

[dustinthiesse]

No problem.

I rarely use it.  Usually it's faster to just do it in two steps than take the time to rt-click and go into snap overrides.  Perhaps a quick key could be set up for that!

[Kate M]

No, that's not what I'm talking about.  I see the command.  I don't see it's usefulness.

Say you want to draw a line that starts at P1 and ends 100 units below P2:

LINE
select P1
rt-click...snap overrides...from
select P2
track down and enter 100!

I would do that with Object Snap Tracking...no clicks or typing required!

[whdjr]

you know you can do a shift right-click to get to the menu.

[dustinthiesse]

woah! nice.
always lookin for shortcuts like that.

I guess I could also just type "from" and bypass the menu altogether.

[dustinthiesse]

No, that's not what I'm talking about.  I see the command.  I don't see it's usefulness.

Say you want to draw a line that starts at P1 and ends 100 units below P2:

LINE
select P1
rt-click...snap overrides...from
select P2
track down and enter 100!

I would do that with Object Snap Tracking...no clicks or typing required!

Ya know.  I thought I tested this because that was my first thought too.  And I thought it didn't work.  But now when I try it today, it does work haha!

Well then, what is the usefullness of "from" then???  Anything?

[dustinthiesse]

Just discovered probably the only time I would use this "from" offset thing:  In conjunction with the "midway between 2 pts" option.

This morning I needed to move something centered between two points and then offset a certain distance.
So I picked the base point on the object, then select "from", then select "m2p", then enter the offset distance.

woohoo 

Now someone is going to tell me there's a better way to do that too, aren't they?