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  1. #1
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    AutoCAD 2004 - Coordinate display now shows length<angle,0 - how to change back?

    Some where along the lines, I must have hit a key, (or my 7mo old did while sitting on my lap) that changed the info the coordinates display shows.

    Used to just show X,Y,Z (0.0000,0.0000,0.0000) when I clicked on the end of a line to reposition it.

    Now, when I click on the end of a line to move it, it shows what I think is, the length of the line, and the angle relative to?, and then guessing the Z coordinate - ( 0.4354< 270 , 0)

    Does anyone know what I changed? or how to change it back? Not having much luck searching, but also kind of battling a terminology problem, not knowing exactly what to search for.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks
    Wade

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    Type COORDS and change the value from 2 to 1.
    Gerry

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  3. #3
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    Thanks! That did it! And after knowing what it was called (the command) I was able to look it up and see just what happened... bet either I or the daughter hit F6 when I had AC up, and that it toggled to "2" from "1"

    Thanks again!
    Wade

  4. #4
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    Personally I prefer set to 2.
    Al.
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    I always wondered if there was a way to display and/or calculate the dimension in both Decimal Degree and DMS units. For those people who read drawings in both units, or don't want to take the time to convert it either way.

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