Re: Co-ordinating nodes (and dockers)

Yes - and one other point.  In maths, angles are specified in relation to 
zero degrees horizontally to the right.  But Designer rotates by an angle 
FROM the current position rather than TO the required angle.  This means 
that each shift or rotation in an object creates a new object in as it were 
a vacuum with no relationship to anything else.

Paddy


"JoostJ" <Joost@mmj-atelier.nl> wrote in message
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>
> Folks, and in particular Tony "Corel" Severenuk and 
> David.Bukuak@corel.com.
> In several threads requests or suggestions were made to make it easier to 
> specify co-ordinates of objects and nodes - among them "vectorized 
> specification". I too submitted some proposals.
> Now I have them more or less consolidated in the following suggestions for

> CorelDrawX4 and Corel Technical Designer X3. Many of the possibilities are

> already scattered through the programs, but need re-adjustment or brought 
> together:
> 1. When a node is selected, either by the pick tool or the shape tool, 
> make the co-ordinates of the node available in the property bar and 
> relevant dockers - not only in the status bar where the are not update 
> able.
> 2. If the node is selected by the SHAPE TOOL make it possible to specify 
> (alter) the co-ordinates which moves the node to the new position.
> 3. If the node is selected by the PICK TOOL make it possible to specify 
> (alter) the co-ordinates which moves the object of which the node is a 
> part to the new position using the selected node as the "anchor
node".
>
> (Both possibilities of moving are already available using the mouse to 
> grab and drag the node, what is needed is doing the same thing by 
> specifying the co-ordinates)
>
> 4. "Vectorized specification":
> If two nodes are selected by either the pick tool or the shape tool, make 
> the linear distance between the nodes available and the angel of this 
> linear distance in the property bars and relevant dockers - the size and 
> angle fields are suitable for this.
> If the nodes are selected by the shape tool and new values are specified 
> (altered) the relative position of the selected nodes are changed.
> If the nodes are selected by the pick tool the object is proportionally 
> changed or rotated - the relative centre of rotation should be specified 
> in the usual way, default is the midpoint between the selected nodes. 
> Angles should be specified in the same precision as the co-ordinates, e.g.

> 3 digits after the decimal point.
>
> 5. Units of measurement and scale:
> For all specification fields the units of measurement and scale by default

> are the ones selected in the ruler set-up, BUT ...
> In particular in the dockers, make it possible to select other units of 
> measurement and scale FOR THE SPECIFICATION (viz. the dimension tools in 
> TD12). Make it possible to select either drawing measurements or world 
> measurements. The (altered) units and scale are only applicable to the 
> selected object - no need to update all nodes of the overall drawing, the 
> default values are the base.
>
> (At this moment, the work around is to change units and/or scale in the 
> ruler set-up, recalculating the complete drawing - all objects with the 
> result that after several times rounding errors deviate exact precision.)
>
> 6. Co-ordinating dockers:
> In CDX4 (or preferably in X3 SP2): make the Object properties docker the 
> same as the Property manager docker of TD12.
> In CDX4 and TDX3: Merge the facilities of the transformation docker of 
> both programs, that is the full possibilities of the CDX3 Docker plus the 
> number of duplicates option of the TD12 docker.
> IN TDX3: Make the pick tool property bar the same as the one in CDX3 
> (CDX4).
>
> Implementing these changes make CDX4 and TDX3 very strong tools for the 
> CAD community too.
>
> I'm very much interested in any comments on these proposals (also from 
> Corel).
>
> Regards, Joost
>
>