I'm working on a brochure for a new office building complex, and as part of the project, I have to draw a whole bunch of floor plans and site plans. Because of the irregular shape of the plot of the land, some parts of the buildings in the floor plans as well as the parking spaces in the site plans, need to be drawn at unusual angles to the page. How could I keep these angles consistent throughout the various plans? I Placed a scan (File>Place) of the office arrangement of a typical floor in the building (supplied by my client to use as a template). I click with my Pen tool (P) on the beginning of an angled outer wall of the building and look in the Info panel (Window>Info) as I move my Pen along the wall and see that my the Angle is 30°. That's easy! Now how can I use this information? I went into Preferences (Command+K [Control+K on PC]) and found the answer under Smart Guides & Slices. In the Angles section of the window, there's a popup menu of Preset Angles, one of which is 30° Angles. When I select this setting and click, OK Smart Guides show up at all multiples of 30° and each Pen tool anchor point snaps right to them. The perfect answer to drawing my floor plans quickly and accurately. Note: If you try this, remember to change your Preferences back to "90° & 45° Angles" when you're finished.
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