Show angle by degree tool

[Brian]

Hi Mathew,

I would like to request that when drawing a declining angle that instead of showing this as a degree within 360 degrees that this is shown as a – degree up to a maximum of 90 degrees only.   For example if I want to draw a declining angle at a user specified degree this is counter-intuitive when Optuma converts this to a degree within 360 e.g 315 instead of just -45.

Can you please consider modifying this function so it is simpler for the user to simply input what declining angle  you want to draw so it calculates from 0 to 90 instead of o to 360.

Kind regards
Brian

[Mathew]

Hi Brian,

I was just working in this area for the next update – was that the Trend Line tool? What is the exact name of the tool?

All the best

Mathew

[Brian]

Hi Mathew,

I am referring to using the regular trend line tool.  Currently if I draw from a rising trendline you can just right click on the pencil icon and it shows what the actual degree is, however it becomes complicated when you draw a declining trendline as it shows the degree as 360 degrees of a circle which gets confusing when you just want to calculate what the actual degree it is on a scale of 0 to 90.

One of the other software providers I know just shows this as a negative angle from 0 to 90 and its much easier for you to then work with rather than trying to correctly calculate each time what a declining trend line represents in terms of an angle from 0 to 90.

I would appreciate it if this improvement can be added to the next release.

Kind regards
Brian

[Mathew]

Perfect Timing Brian, It was easy for me to sneak that in.

You may also like the changes coming to the Triangle tool.

All the best

Mathew

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[Brian]

Hi Mathew,

Thanks for changing that and glad to hear it will be included in the new release also the changes to the triangle tool look good too.

Kind regards
Brian

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