DISPLAYANG – Displays the angle of selected lines

DISPLAYANG – Displays the angle of selected lines

Win64, English

CAD Design Software
Display the degree angle of selected LINE or POLYLINE entities in either Decimal or Minute values based on a selected ‘base line’.

General Usage Instructions

For the Units, select either the Decimal or the Minutes radio button for the type of units for displaying the angles.

In the Precision edit box, type the number of digits to the right of the decimal point to use when the segment value is calculated.

In the Text Height edit box, type in the height for the text that will be displayed for the selected lines.

In the Text Offset Distance edit box, enter the distance from the ‘start point’ of the selected polyline(s) to offset the text that will be inserted. The higher the value entered, the more the center of displayed text will move to the right.

In the Text on Layer list, select the layer to place the text on or pick the *New layer* and create a new layer and set a color.

Pick OK to run and then select a baseline and then select the lines to label each with its angle or label with reference numbers and create a table (see the Create Table section below).

If the Draw Angles in Table check box was not selected, prompts appear to process and label lines.

PROMPT: Select Base Line: Select the baseline from which the angles will be calculated and another prompt appears.

PROMPT: Select objects: Pick or window the lines or Polylines to check and press <Enter> when done.

Create a Table

In the Table area, select the Draw Angles in the Table check box to enable. When this option is used, the selected lines will be labeled with a reference number and their Angles will be listed in a table that corresponds to the reference number.

In the Text Height edit box, type in the text height for text in the table.

In the Number of the Rows edit box, type in the maximum number of rows for the table.

In the Location area: In the X edit box, type in the X coordinate of the table location, and in the Y edit box, type in the Y coordinate of the table location.

Or use the Pick button to select the location for the table and the following prompt appears:

PROMPT: Location: Pick a location for the table and the coordinates will populate the X and Y edit boxes.

In the Table on Layer popup list, select the layer for the table or pick the *New Layer* option and create a new layer and color to use.

Pick OK and prompts appear to select lines and draw the table as designated.

PROMPT: Select Base Line: Select the baseline from which the angles will be calculated and another prompt appears.

PROMPT: Select objects: Pick or window the lines or Polylines to check and press <Enter> when done.

Screenshots

Commands

Ribbon/Toolbar Icon Command Command Description

DISPLAYANG

Display the degree angle of selected LINE or POLYLINE entities in either Decimal or Minute values based on a selected ‘base line’

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this plug-in from Autodesk App Store has already installed the plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features, and uninstall as you would any other application from your system. For Installation help and Requirements, visit our Apps Support page

Additional Information

Known Issues

Contact

Company Name: CAD Design Software
Support Contact: appsupport@cad-design.com

Author/Company Information

CAD Design Software

Support Information

Website: https://apps.cad-design.com

Contact:  1-877-CAD-USER
              (1-877-223-8737)

Version History

Version Number Version Description

3.1.0

Compatible with 2025

3.0.0

New Version compatible, no changes from previous version.
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