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Beta 10

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:50 pm
by Eric Pousse
Bonjour,

The new beta is available : http://www.adx-online.com/RealCADD441b10_Mac.zip

Thanks.

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:16 pm
by debenriver
Hi Eric

A few tools don't seem to work:

Arc by three points
Circle by three points
Spline tool
Arc by diameter – works in isolation but not by attraction – e.g. you can't create an arc from the end of one line to the end of another, which you could before.

I'm getting used to the new Tools layout :D

Cheers -- George

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 5:22 pm
by Eric Pousse
George,

OK for the Arc by diameter with attraction, there is a problem.

For the other tools, when you say that they don't work, is it with the command line?
Because for me they work as before.
But this tools and polygon are not implemented to work with the command line.

Do you tried to select or to draw a polygon with more than 3 points?

Thanks.

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:52 pm
by debenriver
Hi Eric

I can draw an irregular polygon just fine – as many points as I want – with or without attraction.

I can use the pencil tool OK

The spline tool draws the first and second points but no more – it just stops drawing. In fact when you click for the third time, you do get a third node, very close to the second one. But you can't always see it – it looks like this:
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The second node is at the top end of the line just above the third.

I can't make either circles or arcs by three points work – again the first two points happen but the third just doesn't – bit like the spline tool except that you don't get left with anything.

I'm not using or trying to use the command line – just the tools in the normal way. I can do a video if that helps?

Cheers -- George

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:37 am
by Eric Pousse
Bonjour George,

To test the command line, I have run this version in mode click and click and not in mode click and drag and you are right, I have introduced a bug in the mode click and drag.

Thanks.

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:15 am
by Eric Pousse
George,

I have updated the beta (same name, same link).

Thanks again.

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:10 am
by debenriver
Good Morning Eric

All is fine now :D

And arc by diameter is fixed too :D :D

It never occurred to me to try click-and-click mode.

Many thanks

George

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:07 pm
by Eric Pousse
The click and click mode is better to use the new features of the command line pallet.
When you select a tool which works with the command line, the command is displayed in the command line (and the help of the command also).
And at the first click in the drawing, the command is updated with coordinates of the point and the user can complete the command with the other values.
For example, with the circle by center :
- select the tool -> Oval_by_center is displayed in the command line textfield and Oval_by_center xc yc dx [dy [thickness colorline colorback]] in the help
- then you can enter all required values, xc and yc for the center and dx for the x diameter and optional values, dy for the y diameter if different of x diameter, etc.
- or you can do a first click to choose the center and after enter other values.

Mike, what do you think about the new command line feature?

George, nothing with the polygons?

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:58 pm
by Mikerosen
Eric,
I'm out of town, but I'll certainly try it out when I get back to Seattle!

Re: Beta 10

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:04 am
by debenriver
George, nothing with the polygons?
That's the second time you've asked me about polygons Eric!

I finally woke up this morning thinking "why does Eric keep asking me about polygons?" – and drew another polygon – a closed one this time – I'd only been drawing open ones each time you asked -– and noticed this little black dot somewhere near the middle ... then it dawned on me that it might just be a centre of area. And it is!!!!

Bravo Eric – you've just transformed one of the most tedious and difficult parts of what I do into something quite simple and quick. I tried it with very complex shapes with hundreds and hundreds of segments and it works great!

Many many thanks for that :D :D :D :D

George