Illustrator Specific length & angle of path

[merry_fay]

I finally have a computer again & now have CS6 so I'm trying to re-learn what I learnt before & ideally some new stuff too but I think I may be being very dense.

I can't for the life of me work out how to draw a path of a specific length at a specific angle.....
What I want to do:

Anchor 1 -check
Anchor 2 -exactly 5cm from anchor 1
Anchor 3 -exactly 5cm from anchor 2 & at a 30 degree angle to the angle of the anchor 1-2 line.

This must be so simple...

Pretty please can someone help?

Thanks

 

[ALB68]

You can control those parameters by placing a path, open the direct selection tool,select your path then Ctrl+T . Check the boxes at the top of your window that will show the length and angle. Put the values you want in the appropriate boxes.

 

[hawkeye]

Double click the line tool and add the parameters you need in the options box.

 

[merry_fay]

Thanks for the responses. ALB, I only get the option to set width & height -not angle. Do I need to change the settings on my toolbar?

I eventually managed to draw a lovely pentagon with the line tool thanks Hawkeye. I then had an absolute nightmare trying to get handles on it to reshape it (I have worked out drawing pentagons with the polygon tool too, just for when I don't need regular shapes!1), but at least that's that step sorted....