Hip tip: How to make a line parallel to another?
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Author | Orhan Toker |
| Profession | Architect M.Sc. | |
| Autodesk Authorized Consultant | ||
| Database Specialist | ||
AutoCAD 2000 and higher versions
Dear Bloggers,
One of our reader has asked how to make a line parallel to another. This subject, which is easy indeed, is not widely known because it has not been explained in any article. I have decided to go down in history by making an article about it. First let me explain how to draw a line parallel to another.
Fig.1
Start to draw a new line.
When you are asked for the second point, simply type ‘par’ (i.e. ‘parallel to’) to command line.
Hold the aperture on the other line, which you want to make the first one parallel to, until the ‘parallel’ word appears.
Fig.2
Continue to draw the line. The line will locked as parallel (Figure 1) if you get the second line to a similar angle with the first one.
Now you can draw a parallel line with any length you want.
You can make a previously drawn line parallel to another by the same method.
Fig.3
Now, by using ROTATE command with reference option, which Erhan has wrote an article about, and make our line parallel to the other one.
Command: _ROTATE
Current positive angle in UCS: ANGDIR=counterclockwise ANGBASE=0
Select the object.
Select objects: 1 found
Select objects:
Pick the first point as the rotation point.
Specify base point:
Select the reference option.
Specify rotation angle or [Copy/Reference] <30>: r
Pick the first and then the second point to designate the rotation angle.
Specify the reference angle <19>:
Specify second point:
Line starts to rotate with the aperture. Use ‘par’ option to make the line parallel to the other one.
Specify the new angle or [Points] <46>: par to
Wait on the third point until the ‘parallel’ word appears.
Get close to the fourth point and click when it becomes parallel.
May it be easy.
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January 21st, 2008 11:36
It’s interesting, I’ve always just drawn the first line and then used offset!