I know all the four lengths of a flowerbed, but no angles. How can I draw it in SketchUp?
I can draw one line with a specific length. Then I can draw the next line with a specific length, but I do not know the angle, so I draw it approximately. Then I draw the third line.
Then I tried to adjust the lines by moving the third vertice, but only the second line stays the same length (and the same angle), both the 1st and 3rd lines get their distances and angles adjusted to keep them connect to the moved 2nd line, and to keep their other (non-connected) vertices stationary.
So, I cannot move anything without disrupting the specified line lengths, which actually are what I know for sure and need to keep intact. But SketchUp decides other things to keep intact.
And this is even before I try to add the fourth line, which should eventually connect the whole shape.
So, is it even possible to draw such quadrilateral without knowing angles, or do I have to use geometry and calculate the angles, and then set specific angles when I’m drawing the lines?
Oops, I didn’t think this through. All four lengths do not define a quadrilateral really… OK, so I do not have enough measurements to draw it precisely… I can’t measure the diagonals in the near future. But if I knew the diagonals, what would be the way to construct it in SketchUp?
I could guess the approximate angles. But how do I connect 4 lines with specific lengths, but approximate angles? If I draw a quadrilateral and then try to use the moving tool (trying to move a vertex, but a side seems to be selected every time) to get it into an approximately correct shape (meaning angles), it seems to inevitably change the length of some of the edges.
I didn’t calculate the angles in my drawing. I was just pointing out that with the diagonals you could calculate the angles. No need to do that if you use the Arc or Pie tool.
I started with the bottom edge and from its ends, drew the pie sectors.