So I do not really see the benefit of this option (besides not having to hold the Shift-Key all the time.) In case you want to draw a strictly vertical or horizontal lines you always can press Ctrl-Key. Actually, it could be worth modifying this tool such that it will start the 90° turns with respect to the angle of first segment drawn (worth a feature request?). Theozh wrote:The Bezier tool (Shift+F6) has an option 'Create a sequence of paraxial line segments'.īezierToolOption.png I guess you are looking for something convenient like this, however, this option allows only to draw horizontal and vertical lines. Sounds a bit complicated, but I hope you can follow my description.

continue the line and let it snap perpendicular to the first guide, double clickħ. draw a line, let it snap to this second guide and end it with a double clickĦ. get a second guide and let it snap perpendicularly to the previous drawn segment and move/snap it to its endnode.ĥ. continue to draw a segment at the endnodeĤ. get/drage a first guide, snap it perpendicular to this segment and move it to the start node.ģ. draw a segment with the Freehand Tool (F6)Ģ. I assume you know that you can create a guide by a mouse click on the ruler, keep holding the mouse key and drag the guide where you want it.ġ. Menubar | File | Document Properties | Snap | Miscellaneous | Snap perpendicularly Furthermore, you need 'Snap perpendicularly' which is (for some strange reasons) hidden under: In order to make life easier you need to enable 'Snap to path', 'Snap to cusp node' and 'Snap to guides' in the Snap controls bar. BezierToolOption.png (3.73 KiB) Viewed 5777 times I guess you are looking for something convenient like this, however, this option allows only to draw horizontal and vertical lines.

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