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by Ken Gillett
Sun May 22, 2016 2:18 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: ARCing
Replies: 2
Views: 3871

Re: ARCing

<r>Yes, but that only determines which part of the intersecting lines/arcs should be kept (and that works), but the arc that should join those 2 lines can be drawn on either of the 2 sides, which means a nice smooth intersection, or the lines end apart with a round lump on the wrong side.I’ve got pa...
by Ken Gillett
Sun May 22, 2016 12:45 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: ARCing
Replies: 2
Views: 3871

ARCing

<t>I have what might be thought of as a bloated rectangle, in other words each side is actually an arc, bulging outwards. So far, so good.But I then wanted the corners to form a curved intersection, so I selected the tool and the bottom 2 corners worked as expected, but the upper ones drew the joini...
by Ken Gillett
Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:33 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Printing all over the place
Replies: 1
Views: 4135

Printing all over the place

<t>I have a diagram that is to fit on a single A4 page. If in Page Setup I choose “For any Printer”, A4 is the only suitable size option but the area Cadintosh displays has HUGE borders shown and that are different at the top and bottom of a Portrait page. Since This is in landscape, that makes it l...
by Ken Gillett
Fri Mar 25, 2016 1:02 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: limitations
Replies: 25
Views: 21099

Re: Another question about layers

<r>Yay! Thanks Thorsten, that does indeed fix the problem. Now I can duplicate layers without losing stuff. <E>:-)</E>This can be used as a get around to copy objects to another layer. Duplicate the original to a spare empty layer, then ‘Apply Layer’ to the objects you need from that intermediate la...
by Ken Gillett
Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:34 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: Terminology
Replies: 0
Views: 35915

Terminology

<t>Cadintosh sometimes uses incorrect terms. One that initially confused me and I still sometimes have to think twice is use of the term ‘window’. We all know what a window is in a GUI. A self contained moveable area, with one of more attributes, like a title bar etc. But…Cadintosh uses this term to...
by Ken Gillett
Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:21 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: limitations
Replies: 25
Views: 21099

Re: Another question about layers

<r>If you are referring to my request for a ‘COPY to new layer’ function/tool, then yes, what you show has always been possible, but it’s a 2 stage process, copy first (to a different location) and then move one copy to a different layer. But:- 1 It takes twice as many steps as the function I am req...
by Ken Gillett
Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:29 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Questions on usage
Replies: 6
Views: 6633

Re: Questions on usage - Variables

<r>Having failed to make any variables work, I closed the doc and opened it again and now I can add a variable and use it when a number or calculation is expected. E.g. I tested by adding a parallel line and used the variable to specify the distance between the lines, instead of entering a number. T...
by Ken Gillett
Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:01 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: Questions on usage
Replies: 6
Views: 6633

Re: Questions on usage - Variables

<r>That’s what I want to do, with my own variables. Please understand I DO know what variables are, having been a software developer for many years in the past. But how is one supposed to use them in Cadintosh. There’s usually some form of notation that specifies something as a variable, e.g. in she...
by Ken Gillett
Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:30 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Questions on usage
Replies: 6
Views: 6633

Questions on usage

<r>Can anyone please help explain the following:-How to use ‘variables’ (in the context of Cadintosh). I can see where to add/create them. But how can you then use them? I’ve tried entering a variable name in e.g. text labels, but it just displays the name. Is there any definitive documentation that...
by Ken Gillett
Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:35 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: More than a little irritating.
Replies: 10
Views: 10186

Re: More than a little irritating.

<r>It’s just a few seconds so I can easily do that, or send the entire document for Thorsten to look at and see if he can replicate it. I’ll do whatever he wants me to do to help resolve this. > On 22 Mar 2016, at 14:16, Al Szymanski <EMAIL email="aszy@mac.com">aszy@mac.com</EMAIL> [cadintoshmac] <<...