diff --git a/src/Toolbar.tsx b/src/Toolbar.tsx
index 27de50586..76f032a4a 100644
--- a/src/Toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/Toolbar.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { RemoveConstrainingValues } from './components/Toolbar/RemoveConstrainin
 import { EqualLength } from './components/Toolbar/EqualLength'
 import { EqualAngle } from './components/Toolbar/EqualAngle'
 import { Intersect } from './components/Toolbar/Intersect'
-import { SetHorzDistance } from './components/Toolbar/SetHorzDistance'
+import { SetHorzVertDistance } from './components/Toolbar/SetHorzVertDistance'
 import { SetAngleLength } from './components/Toolbar/SetAngleLength'
 import { ConvertToVariable } from './components/Toolbar/ConvertVariable'
+import { SetAbsDistance } from './components/Toolbar/SetAbsDistance'
 
 export const Toolbar = () => {
   const {
@@ -169,8 +170,10 @@ export const Toolbar = () => {
       <HorzVert horOrVert="vertical" />
       <EqualLength />
       <EqualAngle />
-      <SetHorzDistance horOrVert="setHorzDistance" />
-      <SetHorzDistance horOrVert="setVertDistance" />
+      <SetHorzVertDistance horOrVert="setHorzDistance" />
+      <SetAbsDistance disType="xAbs" />
+      <SetHorzVertDistance horOrVert="setVertDistance" />
+      <SetAbsDistance disType="yAbs" />
       <SetAngleLength angleOrLength="setAngle" />
       <SetAngleLength angleOrLength="setLength" />
       <Intersect />
diff --git a/src/components/Toolbar/SetAbsDistance.tsx b/src/components/Toolbar/SetAbsDistance.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c034e1396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Toolbar/SetAbsDistance.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import { create } from 'react-modal-promise'
+import { toolTips, useStore } from '../../useStore'
+import { Value } from '../../lang/abstractSyntaxTree'
+import {
+  getNodePathFromSourceRange,
+  getNodeFromPath,
+} from '../../lang/queryAst'
+import {
+  TransformInfo,
+  getTransformInfos,
+  transformAstSketchLines,
+} from '../../lang/std/sketchcombos'
+import { SetAngleLengthModal } from '../SetAngleLengthModal'
+import { createVariableDeclaration } from '../../lang/modifyAst'
+import { removeDoubleNegatives } from '../AvailableVarsHelpers'
+
+const getModalInfo = create(SetAngleLengthModal as any)
+
+export const SetAbsDistance = ({ disType }: { disType: 'xAbs' | 'yAbs' }) => {
+  const {
+    guiMode,
+    selectionRanges: selections,
+    ast,
+    programMemory,
+    updateAst,
+  } = useStore((s) => ({
+    guiMode: s.guiMode,
+    ast: s.ast,
+    updateAst: s.updateAst,
+    selectionRanges: s.selectionRanges,
+    programMemory: s.programMemory,
+  }))
+  const [enableAngLen, setEnableAngLen] = useState(false)
+  const [transformInfos, setTransformInfos] = useState<TransformInfo[]>()
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!ast) return
+    const paths = selections.codeBasedSelections.map(({ range }) =>
+      getNodePathFromSourceRange(ast, range)
+    )
+    const nodes = paths.map(
+      (pathToNode) =>
+        getNodeFromPath<Value>(ast, pathToNode, 'CallExpression').node
+    )
+    const isAllTooltips = nodes.every(
+      (node) =>
+        node?.type === 'CallExpression' &&
+        toolTips.includes(node.callee.name as any)
+    )
+
+    const theTransforms = getTransformInfos(selections, ast, disType)
+    setTransformInfos(theTransforms)
+
+    const enableY =
+      disType === 'yAbs' &&
+      selections.otherSelections.length === 1 &&
+      selections.otherSelections[0] === 'x-axis' // select the x axis to set the distance from it i.e. y
+    const enableX =
+      disType === 'xAbs' &&
+      selections.otherSelections.length === 1 &&
+      selections.otherSelections[0] === 'y-axis' // select the y axis to set the distance from it i.e. x
+
+    const _enableHorz =
+      isAllTooltips &&
+      theTransforms.every(Boolean) &&
+      selections.codeBasedSelections.length === 1 &&
+      (enableX || enableY)
+    setEnableAngLen(_enableHorz)
+  }, [guiMode, selections])
+  if (guiMode.mode !== 'sketch') return null
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      onClick={async () => {
+        if (!(transformInfos && ast)) return
+        const { valueUsedInTransform } = transformAstSketchLines({
+          ast: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(ast)),
+          selectionRanges: selections,
+          transformInfos,
+          programMemory,
+          referenceSegName: '',
+        })
+        try {
+          let forceVal = valueUsedInTransform || 0
+          const { valueNode, variableName, newVariableInsertIndex, sign } =
+            await getModalInfo({
+              value: forceVal,
+              valueName: disType === 'yAbs' ? 'yDis' : 'xDis',
+            } as any)
+          let finalValue = removeDoubleNegatives(valueNode, sign, variableName)
+
+          const { modifiedAst: _modifiedAst } = transformAstSketchLines({
+            ast: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(ast)),
+            selectionRanges: selections,
+            transformInfos,
+            programMemory,
+            referenceSegName: '',
+            forceValueUsedInTransform: finalValue,
+          })
+          if (variableName) {
+            const newBody = [..._modifiedAst.body]
+            newBody.splice(
+              newVariableInsertIndex,
+              0,
+              createVariableDeclaration(variableName, valueNode)
+            )
+            _modifiedAst.body = newBody
+          }
+
+          updateAst(_modifiedAst)
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.log('e', e)
+        }
+      }}
+      className={`border m-1 px-1 rounded text-xs ${
+        enableAngLen ? 'bg-gray-50 text-gray-800' : 'bg-gray-200 text-gray-400'
+      }`}
+      disabled={!enableAngLen}
+    >
+      {disType}
+    </button>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Toolbar/SetHorzDistance.tsx b/src/components/Toolbar/SetHorzVertDistance.tsx
similarity index 99%
rename from src/components/Toolbar/SetHorzDistance.tsx
rename to src/components/Toolbar/SetHorzVertDistance.tsx
index e6e66cc88..6bf9baf8a 100644
--- a/src/components/Toolbar/SetHorzDistance.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Toolbar/SetHorzVertDistance.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { removeDoubleNegatives } from '../AvailableVarsHelpers'
 
 const getModalInfo = create(GetInfoModal as any)
 
-export const SetHorzDistance = ({
+export const SetHorzVertDistance = ({
   horOrVert,
 }: {
   horOrVert: 'setHorzDistance' | 'setVertDistance'
diff --git a/src/lang/std/sketchcombos.ts b/src/lang/std/sketchcombos.ts
index 7773763d7..355b1befa 100644
--- a/src/lang/std/sketchcombos.ts
+++ b/src/lang/std/sketchcombos.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   getNodePathFromSourceRange,
 } from '../queryAst'
 import {
-  createBinaryExpression,
   createBinaryExpressionWithUnary,
   createCallExpression,
   createIdentifier,
@@ -47,6 +46,8 @@ export type ConstraintType =
   | 'setLength'
   | 'intersect'
   | 'removeConstrainingValues'
+  | 'xAbs'
+  | 'yAbs'
 
 function createCallWrapper(
   a: TooTip,
@@ -287,6 +288,61 @@ const setHorzVertDistanceForAngleLineCreateNode =
     }
   }
 
+const setAbsDistanceCreateNode =
+  (
+    xOrY: 'x' | 'y',
+    isXOrYLine = false,
+    index = xOrY === 'x' ? 0 : 1
+  ): TransformInfo['createNode'] =>
+  ({ tag, forceValueUsedInTransform, ...rest }) => {
+    return (args, referencedSegment, ...rest2) => {
+      const valueUsedInTransform = roundOff(
+        getArgLiteralVal(args?.[index]) - (referencedSegment?.to?.[index] || 0),
+        2
+      )
+      console.log(rest, rest2)
+      const val =
+        (forceValueUsedInTransform as BinaryPart) ||
+        createLiteral(valueUsedInTransform)
+      if (isXOrYLine) {
+        return createCallWrapper(
+          xOrY === 'x' ? 'xLineTo' : 'yLineTo',
+          val,
+          tag,
+          valueUsedInTransform
+        )
+      }
+      return createCallWrapper(
+        'lineTo',
+        !index ? [val, args[1]] : [args[0], val],
+        tag,
+        valueUsedInTransform
+      )
+    }
+  }
+const setAbsDistanceForAngleLineCreateNode =
+  (
+    xOrY: 'x' | 'y',
+    index = xOrY === 'x' ? 0 : 1
+  ): TransformInfo['createNode'] =>
+  ({ tag, forceValueUsedInTransform, varValA }) => {
+    return (args, referencedSegment) => {
+      const valueUsedInTransform = roundOff(
+        getArgLiteralVal(args?.[1]) - (referencedSegment?.to?.[index] || 0),
+        2
+      )
+      const val =
+        (forceValueUsedInTransform as BinaryPart) ||
+        createLiteral(valueUsedInTransform)
+      return createCallWrapper(
+        xOrY === 'x' ? 'angledLineToX' : 'angledLineToY',
+        [varValA, val],
+        tag,
+        valueUsedInTransform
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
 const setHorVertDistanceForXYLines =
   (xOrY: 'x' | 'y'): TransformInfo['createNode'] =>
   ({ referenceSegName, tag, forceValueUsedInTransform }) => {
@@ -459,10 +515,18 @@ const transformMap: TransformMap = {
         tooltip: 'lineTo',
         createNode: setHorzVertDistanceCreateNode('x'),
       },
+      xAbs: {
+        tooltip: 'lineTo',
+        createNode: setAbsDistanceCreateNode('x'),
+      },
       setVertDistance: {
         tooltip: 'lineTo',
         createNode: setHorzVertDistanceCreateNode('y'),
       },
+      yAbs: {
+        tooltip: 'lineTo',
+        createNode: setAbsDistanceCreateNode('y'),
+      },
       setAngle: {
         tooltip: 'angledLine',
         createNode: basicAngledLineCreateNode('none', 'ang'),
@@ -595,10 +659,18 @@ const transformMap: TransformMap = {
         tooltip: 'angledLineToY',
         createNode: setHorzVertDistanceForAngleLineCreateNode('y'),
       },
+      yAbs: {
+        tooltip: 'angledLineToY',
+        createNode: setAbsDistanceForAngleLineCreateNode('y'),
+      },
       setHorzDistance: {
         tooltip: 'angledLineToX',
         createNode: setHorzVertDistanceForAngleLineCreateNode('x'),
       },
+      xAbs: {
+        tooltip: 'angledLineToX',
+        createNode: setAbsDistanceForAngleLineCreateNode('x'),
+      },
       intersect: {
         tooltip: 'angledLineThatIntersects',
         createNode: setAngledIntersectForAngledLines,
@@ -881,6 +953,10 @@ const transformMap: TransformMap = {
         tooltip: 'angledLineThatIntersects',
         createNode: setAngledIntersectLineForLines,
       },
+      xAbs: {
+        tooltip: 'xLineTo',
+        createNode: setAbsDistanceCreateNode('x', true),
+      },
     },
   },
   yLine: {
@@ -908,6 +984,10 @@ const transformMap: TransformMap = {
         tooltip: 'angledLineThatIntersects',
         createNode: setAngledIntersectLineForLines,
       },
+      yAbs: {
+        tooltip: 'yLineTo',
+        createNode: setAbsDistanceCreateNode('y', true),
+      },
     },
   },
   xLineTo: {