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    Default display relative coords???

    I'm using 2008 - in the olden days F6 toggled between coords off, on - absolute and on - relative.

    How do I get relative coords to display in the status bar during a command?

    If I right click the status bar coords box it gives me the off or absolute options but relative is greyed out

    COORDS system variable 1 or 2 makes no difference ?

    I know about dynamic input displayed at the cross hairs but I have that nonsence switched off


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    Default Re: display relative coords???

    Try setting DYNPICOORDS = 0. Then start (say) the Line command, pick the start point then right-click the coordinate display and pick Relative.

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    Default Re: display relative coords???

    oooh vey cleber!! that was annoying me too. Fankoo Jabs

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    Default Re: display relative coords???

    Quote Originally Posted by tracy.findlater View Post
    oooh vey cleber!! that was annoying me too. Fankoo Jabs
    I read the question, looked in Help, experimented. ~shrug~

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    Default Re: display relative coords???

    Right-click on the coordinates in the status bar while in a command that can use relative coordinates, for example, the line command. Then you will see relative or absolute as one of your choices. Also you can pick (left-click) on the coordinates in the status bar to toggle between the options that apply to your current command.

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    Default Re: display relative coords???

    Quote Originally Posted by jaberwok View Post
    I read the question, looked in Help, experimented. ~shrug~
    thats what I did too, but it seems it doesn't work with rectangle command ~shrug~

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    Default Re: display relative coords???

    Quote Originally Posted by Forsh View Post
    thats what I did too, but it seems it doesn't work with rectangle command ~shrug~
    That's because of the way RECTANGLE works. Unfortunately when asking for the 2nd point it doesn't use the 1st point as a reference. It has some other form of obtaining a point which doesn't comply with the same thing in (say) the LINE command.

    The RECT can only allow absolute coords or coords off.

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