Refinement for Modelling Aids

One of the numerous pleasant aspects in Rhino are the ingenious modeling aids. These two would would be a welcome complement to the existing toolset:

Custom SmartTrack lines:
When adding 2 consecutive smart points, there’s currently only an undocumented Mid-snap, when hovering near the midpoint between the points. This should be extended to a full-fledged smart line.

Aligned angle constraints:
Currently, when the direction to the last picked point is angle-constrained (by entering <angle in the command line), the 0°-constraint direction always points to the X-axis of the construction plane. But what, if one needs to pick a point, which is angled to a direction that deviates from the constraint subdivisions? As far as I can see, the geometric location must then first be explicitely constructed, e.g. via _Line _Angled.

A better solution would be to combine Direction Lock (pressing TAB once) with Angle Constraint: When the direction is locked and an angle constraint is entered, the locked direction defines the 0° angle constraint. At the moment, angle constraints during direction lock are just ignored.

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I would add that temporary lines between two points of the SmartTrack should be used to define an axis to build circles (circle along line). That will eliminate the need to build a real line before creating such a circle.