Question for any CAD gurus

[truthseeker]

I know absolutely zero about AutoCAD, but my company just gave me a copy (AutoCAD LT 2010) so that I can edit isometric drawings. All I really need to do is add little numbered circles with lines going to components on the drawing. I need my lines to not be constrained to any certain orientation, and that's what is really holding me up. Is there an easy way to do this? For that matter, is there software out there that's better suited for the kind of low-end stuff I'm trying to do? I haven't registered the software I have yet, so I can still pass it on to someone more worthy if there's a simpler, cheaper alternative for me.

Thanks!

 

[FoxholeAtheist]

What do you mean by the lines being constrained to a certain orientation? Do you mean that the leader lines are only coming at a given angle? Do you have Polar orientation on?

 

[truthseeker]

What do you mean by the lines being constrained to a certain orientation? Do you mean that the leader lines are only coming at a given angle? Do you have Polar orientation on?

Well, I don't know what "polar orientation" (I'll look for it) is, but the leader lines on a multileader will only come off in right angles. I can't just grab a line and drag it freely wherever I want. It "snaps" to certain angles and that's all I get.

 

[truthseeker]

Well, I got it figured out. The polar orientation thing led me to the answer. It turns out you can just hold Shift-D and temporarily remove all constraints from the leader line. Thanks!

When a bunch of high-paid CAD guys can't answer your question you can always turn to BF for a solution. :thumbup:

 

[unky_gumbi]

The problem with asking the guys that work cadall the time is that they have a hard time bringing it back down to a level that noobies can understand. Its the same reason that so many technical docs are hard to read

 

[orrey45]

Not sure if you figured out your problem but if you check your "snaps" it should fix everything.

 

[truthseeker]

The problem with asking the guys that work cadall the time is that they have a hard time bringing it back down to a level that noobies can understand. Its the same reason that so many technical docs are hard to read

If the CAD guys would just learn to speak Idiot, they could communicate with me perfectly. I think they're just too lazy to learn a second language.

Not sure if you figured out your problem but if you check your "snaps" it should fix everything.

Yeah, that was pretty much what was killing me. The other problem here is that everything is apparently in a different place due to this being the latest version. It's set up a lot like MS Office 2007. All the guys at work are using an older version and it looks completely different.