LINE

LINE draws straight lines. Each segment starts where the last one ended, so you can draw a whole outline without stopping. Each segment is a separate line object.

How it works

Type L and press Enter. Give the first point, then keep giving points. Press Enter when you are done.

Command line

Command: L
Specify first point: 0,0
Specify next point or [Undo]: @100,0
Specify next point or [Undo]: @0,60
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @-100,0
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: C

Four points and Close draw this outline.

Plotted by Musa CAD 0.8.0 from the example drawing cmd-line.musaDownload the drawing

Options

Option	What it does
Undo (U)	Removes the last segment and goes back to the point before it. With no segments left, it forgets the first point and asks for it again.
Close (C)	Draws a segment back to the first point and ends the command. It appears once you have drawn two segments.
Enter at Specify first point	Continues from the end of the last line or arc you drew. After an arc, the new line runs on along the arc’s direction and Musa CAD asks only Specify length of line:.
Enter at Specify next point	Ends the command.

Giving exact points

Every point prompt accepts the same kinds of input:

You type	Meaning
40,25	The point at X 40, Y 25.
@100,0	100 to the right of the last point, 0 up.
@50<30	50 away from the last point, at 30 degrees.
50	50 along the direction the cursor is pointing. Good with Ortho or Polar tracking on.
@	The last point itself.

You can also click, and snap to objects. After a typed point, Musa CAD repeats the point it understood on the next line, so you can check it.

With Dynamic Input on, boxes for the length and angle appear beside the cursor. Type the length, press Tab, type the angle, and press Enter.

Good to know

• Each segment is its own object. To make one object of connected segments, draw with PLINE instead, or join the lines afterwards with JOIN.
• A length of 0, or a negative length at Specify length of line, is refused with Value must be positive and nonzero.
• If LIMITS checking is on, a point outside the limits is refused with **Outside limits.
• Esc ends the command. The segments you already drew stay.

Compared with AutoCAD

LINE works the way AutoCAD users expect: the same prompts, Close and Undo, and Enter to continue from the last line or arc.

Next

• Draw lines and arcs as one object with PLINE.
• Cut lines back to an edge with TRIM.
• Learn every way to place points exactly in Precision and drafting aids.