Angled Lines

P&ID 2007 has these cool "smart" lines that know how to gap and break and cleanup under inline symbols.  When you move the line, things stay attached.  When you draw the line, it automatically draws in ortho mode, which is great since most P&ID lines are parallel/perpendicular to the X/Y axes.  However sometime you do want to draw angled lines, and since we've hijacked the ortho command, it isn't obvious how.

You need to use the new AUTOCORNER command.  If you are in the middle of drawing a line you can use the single quote ( ' ) to turn AUTOCORNER on/off transparently.  For example, to draw a Z shaped line, my command sequence is as follows:

Command:                                                                              

I picked the Primary Line Segment tool from the tool palette

Specify start point : 

I clicked on the page

Specify next point or [Undo]:   

I clicked on the page a bit to the right

Specify next point or [Undo]: 'AUTOCORNER                  

I typed in ‘autocorner

>>Command: >>Enter new value for AUTOCORNER <1>: 0

I typed in 0, now I can draw angled lines

Resuming SLINE command.

Specify next point or [Undo]:

I clicked on the page to draw the diagonal

Specify next point or [Undo]: 'AUTOCORNER 

I typed in ‘autocorner

>>Command: >>Enter new value for AUTOCORNER <0>: 1   

I typed in 1, now I’m back in ortho mode

Resuming SLINE command.

Specify next point or [Undo]:                              

I clicked on the page a bit to the right

Specify next point or [Undo]:   

I hit enter to complete the sline command

Ok, agreed, it would be nicer if the Ortho toggle also allowed for drawing angled lines.  I'll see what I can do to make it so . . .