Polar coordinates

Polar coordinates are entered as distance and angle. When you separate the input with / (slash), the program will recognise it as polar input.

Absolute polar coordinates are entered as follows: distance/angle

Relative polar coordinates are entered as follows: @distance/angle

Note: When using engineering or architectural linear units, absolute polar coordinates are entered using distance<angle and relative polar coordinates using @distance<angle.

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 Examples

Line start point: 1,1

Line end point: @5.8/31

The line startpoint is in coordinates 1,1. A line 5.8 drawing units long will be drawn at an angle of 31°.

Input

Result

@10/90

10 drawing units straight up from the last point entered

@100/30

100 drawing units at 30º angle from the last point.

20/135

20 drawing units at 135º angle from the origin.

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