Rectangle input options?
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Hi Iβm John and new to SketchUp, I am wondering is there a way when using the rectangle tool to select the first point by just dragging to a point (i.e. red axis)and then manually entering the second value(i.e. green axis)?
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Hi John,
Unfortunately no, this kind of "mixed input" won't work with the rectangle tool
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That's what 'guide lines' are for......
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actually it does work! While dragging out a rectangle if you type (24 enter) the dimension after the coma remains at the cursor and the first side becomes 24". While dragging out a rectangle if you type (,24 enter) the dimension before the coma remains at the cursor and the second side becomes 24".

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@xrok1 said:
actually it does work! While dragging out a rectangle if you type (24 enter) the dimension after the coma remains at the cursor and the first side becomes 24". While dragging out a rectangle if you type (,24 enter) the dimension before the coma remains at the cursor and the second side becomes 24".

Doh.

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Thanks for all your very quick help and especially xrok1 it works so well thank you.
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