Circles and squares
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:15 pm
Hi Eric
This has been raised in earlier posts but I thought I would bring it up again.
Do you think it would be a good idea to add a double-click to ovals and rectangles – specially those drawn from the centre? Then one could specify the radius etc before drawing the object.
As of now if you draw a circle from the centre, using Snap to locate it, you can only draw the approximate size/radius. Then when you Edit the size to what you want, it moves from the original locus you drew it from. So you have to re-locate it using Snap. Which is a lot of moves to achieve a simple aim.
Alternatively make circles and rectangles/squares drawn from the centre like arcs are currently – so that they retain the original locus when the size is adjusted to what you want.
But better – I think – would be to enable a double click so that the requisite parameters could be specified before the object was drawn – apply this to ovals/circles, rectangles/squares, arcs and lines. Then when you draw them (using Snap when you want to) you get your result in fewer steps.
Hubert suggested this (for circles at least) in an earlier post and Mike suggested that it be extended to the other appropriate objects. If it is possible I think it would be a worthwhile addition to the next version before you issue it
Cheers -- George
This has been raised in earlier posts but I thought I would bring it up again.
Do you think it would be a good idea to add a double-click to ovals and rectangles – specially those drawn from the centre? Then one could specify the radius etc before drawing the object.
As of now if you draw a circle from the centre, using Snap to locate it, you can only draw the approximate size/radius. Then when you Edit the size to what you want, it moves from the original locus you drew it from. So you have to re-locate it using Snap. Which is a lot of moves to achieve a simple aim.
Alternatively make circles and rectangles/squares drawn from the centre like arcs are currently – so that they retain the original locus when the size is adjusted to what you want.
But better – I think – would be to enable a double click so that the requisite parameters could be specified before the object was drawn – apply this to ovals/circles, rectangles/squares, arcs and lines. Then when you draw them (using Snap when you want to) you get your result in fewer steps.
Hubert suggested this (for circles at least) in an earlier post and Mike suggested that it be extended to the other appropriate objects. If it is possible I think it would be a worthwhile addition to the next version before you issue it
Cheers -- George