All help much appreciated!!

Some simple things are elluding me-

1. how do i dimension a rectangle? i can obvioulsy use the move tool to stretch it to size. isnt there anywhere i can input (type) the lengths as a number?

2. Isnt there an equivalent to the Trim tool in autocad? everytime i try to trim a line, then it deletes thw whole line..

thanks!!

1.
If you look down the bottom right-hand corner there is a little box with the current dimensions of the shape your're drawing. If you enter the dimensions you want on your number-pad it will change to them!

2.
Not quite sure as I don't use AutoCad, but you can use the Section Pane tool and 'make a group from slice' then explode it.

Have fun
Pete

[Edited on 7-4-06 by CommanderAce]

To dimension a rectangle in autocad

1- click and drag the rectangle out

2- before finshing the rectangle with a second click type "@100,200"

100 being the dimension in X and 200 being the Y

Hope it helps

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another daft question-
how do i rescale a component, such as one of the trees in the library?

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