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Input tooltip, click the DYN button on the status bar.) At the same time, notice the coordinates

changing on the left side of the status bar.

FIGURE 1.4

When you move the mouse around, the Dynamic Input bar follows the cursor, displaying the

current coordinates.

4. Anywhere on the screen, stop moving the mouse and click the left mouse button to pick a point.

When you move the mouse again, the Dynamic Input bar changes to prompt you to specify the

next point and to show you the angle and length of the cursor from the original point you picked,

as shown in Figure 1.5.

FIGURE 1.5

After specifying the first point of a line, the Dynamic Input bar prompts you for the next point.

5. Pick any point to create a line segment. You see the same Dynamic Input tooltip as before, which

means that you can continue to create more line segments. (Chapter 6 is all about drawing lines.)

6. Press Enter to end the command and finish your line.

7. For your second line, choose Line from the 2D Draw control panel of the Dashboard. Again, pick

any point on the screen.

Figure 1.2 labels the Dashboard. If you don’t see the Dashboard, type dashboard at the

command prompt. If you don’t see the 2D Draw control panel, which is the top section in

Figure 1.2, right-click anywhere on the Dashboard and choose Control Panels ➪ 2D Draw.

8. Move your mouse so you can see the length and angle tooltips. Notice the value for the length.

Now type a different value and press Enter. For example, if the Length tooltip says 13.7638,

type 5 ↵.

9. Press Enter to end the command. The line’s length is based on what you typed, not where the cur-

sor was, but the line’s angle is the same as it was before you typed in the length.

10. For your third line, type line. Notice that the text appears in the Dynamic Input tooltip as you

type, but not in the command-line area.

11. Press Enter. You now see the command that you typed in the command line area as well as the

Dynamic Input prompt to specify the first point.

NOTE

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