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movement,whichhelpsyoudrawstraighthorizontalandstraightvertical
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EverytimeIneedtodrawaneitherverticalorhorizontalstraightline,I
willmakesuretheORTHOmodeisactivated.

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HowdoyouactivatetheORTHOmode?
Justclickontheicontotoggleit.IfitwasOFFbeforeyourclick,itwould
turnONandviseversa

NowthatweknowwhatORTHOisandhowtooperateit,weneedto
makeuseofit.

Verticallineof50unitsoflength.
Todrawalinewith50units:

1ClickontheLINEicon

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2Clickonetimeinthedrawingarea(Dontholdyourclick)

3ActivatetheORTHOmodeifitisnotactivated

4Movethecursorawayfromthefirstpointinthedirectionyourwant
thelinetohave.Sincewearedrawingaverticalline,youcanonlygo
eitherupwardordownward

5Type50onyourkeyboardandhitENTER

Todrawanhorizontalline,justchangethedirectioninstep4toeither
leftorright.

Practiceexercise
Usingwhatyouhavejustlearned,youmustbeabletocompletethe
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Idontexpectyoutobeabletodrawthefigurewithdimensions,itisonly
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WhatcanIusethisfor?
Youcanuseittodrawthefollowing2Dimage.

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Howdidwegetthese?
RememberearlierinthisarticlewhenweusedORTHO?Wewereonly
abletodrawverticalandhorizontallines,nowwecanalsotrackdirection
withspecificangles.Theprocessisthesamewithwhatwedidwhen
drawingthesquareabove,butnowweneedtosetthepolartrackingto
45,90,135,180,drawthebaselineaswedidwiththesquare,and
usethepolartrackingtoknowyouareat45degreesbeforedrawing
the90unitline.

Youcansetthesetrackinganglestobewhateveryouwant.Usingthe
Trackingsettings,youcanenteryourangleofpreference.

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Idownloadedsomethingnowsurewhatitwas,butitseemedtofixthe
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Youthink!
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Thisdoesn'twork.Theprogramwillnotletmetypein50.
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means,youaredoingsomethingwrong!
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shadowwraith>Andreea4monthsago
Asmodanswersgo,maybethiscouldusealittlemore
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