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QCAD Pro 3.32.5 - Macbook Air M3 Tahoe 26.2

I am not sure if I am having a senior moment. Last night Mac updated to Tahoe 26.2, all working fine yesterday. Today when I draw say a vertical line top to bottom via the grid then the angle is not 0 but 270. Attached example screenshot illustrates. I have looked to see if a setting has changed but cannot find one. Somehow everything is inverted. if I select the Vertical tool line then the line is correctly drawn vertically but the PE gives it as 90 degrees not 0

Hi, and welcome to the QCAD forum.

We draw on a 2D plane with a Cartesian grid.
Angles are measured from zero in the direction of the positive X-axis, increasing in the CCW direction.
up is thus 90 degrees, left is 180 degrees.

When selected a red maker indicates a start.

Hence, a perfect vertical line pointing downwards is pointing in the 270 degrees direction.
The line angle is thus 270 unnamed angle units.

It has always been that way.
Some users would like zero = up and increasing in the CW direction but that is not implemented.

Regards,
CVH

Senior moment I guess, but having done 50 odd drawings with curves and angles previously then my brain has not cottoned onto this! Yes North UP so to speak would be a distinct advantage, or at least the option for it would be more in tune with us pilot folks. Thanks for the simple solution though.