Re: v5.2 beta quirks

[RowlandCarson]

Seems very quiet in this new CADintosh group - here's some stuff I
already posted to the Graphic Conveter forum, just to get the ball
rolling:

At 2004-08-21 21:11 +0100 Rowland Carson wrote:

>At 2004-08-18 16:21 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote:
>
>>I released a new beta versions today
>
>>* help tags for icons added
>
>The help tag for the intersection selection mode box shows
>"end/middle mode" and that for the end/middle mode shows "section
>mode".
>
>By the way, I do like the automatic mode - this is very handy and saves time

At 2004-08-21 21:16 +0100 Rowland Carson wrote:

>Thorsten - my first problem area:
>
>1 Create an elliptical arc. (As I have mentioned before, elliptical
>arcs still start and terminate in an unexpected place, and their ends
>still cannot be connected to other lines.)
>
>2 Export the file to DXF.
>
>3 Open the DXF file in CADintosh - the arc appears as a mirror-image
>(top to bottom) of the original. I can send a small sample file if
>you wish.

At 2004-08-24 22:12 +0100 Rowland Carson wrote:

>Thorsten - I don't seem to be able to figure out how to control which
>side of the reference line the new parallel line is drawn, if I just
>enter a distance. I thought it should respond to positive and
>negative values as (eg) above and below, or right and left, of the
>reference. It changes sometimes, but for no apparent reason. What am
>I missing, or is there a bug here? Obviously if I click, instead of
>entering a value, it goes on the desired side, but that does not give
>the precision of entering a distance.

Apologies if everyone here has already seen these messages.

regards

Rowland
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[thorstenlemke]

Hello Rowland,

there are currently only three member.
I think this will become more with the next release.

Thorsten

In a message dated 26.08.2004 23:03:06 Uhr, rowil@clara.net writes:

Seems very quiet in this new CADintosh group - here's some stuff I
already posted to the Graphic Conveter forum, just to get the ball
rolling:

At 2004-08-21 21:11 +0100 Rowland Carson wrote:

>At 2004-08-18 16:21 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote:
>
>>I released a new beta versions today
>
>>* help tags for icons added
>
>The help tag for the intersection selection mode box shows
>"end/middle mode" and that for the end/middle mode shows "section
>mode".
>
>By the way, I do like the automatic mode - this is very handy and saves time

At 2004-08-21 21:16 +0100 Rowland Carson wrote:

>Thorsten - my first problem area:
>
>1 Create an elliptical arc. (As I have mentioned before, elliptical
>arcs still start and terminate in an unexpected place, and their ends
>still cannot be connected to other lines.)
>
>2 Export the file to DXF.
>
>3 Open the DXF file in CADintosh - the arc appears as a mirror-image
>(top to bottom) of the original. I can send a small sample file if
>you wish.

At 2004-08-24 22:12 +0100 Rowland Carson wrote:

>Thorsten - I don't seem to be able to figure out how to control which
>side of the reference line the new parallel line is drawn, if I just
>enter a distance. I thought it should respond to positive and
>negative values as (eg) above and below, or right and left, of the
>reference. It changes sometimes, but for no apparent reason. What am
>I missing, or is there a bug here? Obviously if I click, instead of
>entering a value, it goes on the desired side, but that does not give
>the precision of entering a distance.

Apologies if everyone here has already seen these messages.

regards

Rowland
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[RowlandCarson]

Still finding a few oddities with the latest beta.

I noticed today that a TRIM operation behaved like a LINE SPLIT. That
is, the piece trimmed off beyond the refrence line remained on
display and could be deleted independently of the wanted part. I
couldn't replicate the behaviour, though, so cannot offer an example.

Another thing, which I don't think has ever happened before, is that
when a print area is deleted it remains visible on the screen, even
when a new print area with the identical name but a slightly
different size is defined later. This seems to happen pretty
consistently.

regards

Rowland
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[Stan]

Reference deleted print areas remaining visible:
I remove them with the "Delete View" function in the "Window Menu"
I don't think you should have to do this however, perhaps Thorsten
will enlighten us.

Regards,

Stan.

On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 07:04 AM, Rowland Carson wrote:

Still finding a few oddities with the latest beta.

I noticed today that a TRIM operation behaved like a LINE SPLIT. That
is, the piece trimmed off beyond the refrence line remained on
display and could be deleted independently of the wanted part. I
couldn't replicate the behaviour, though, so cannot offer an example.

Another thing, which I don't think has ever happened before, is that
when a print area is deleted it remains visible on the screen, even
when a new print area with the identical name but a slightly
different size is defined later. This seems to happen pretty
consistently.

regards

Rowland
--

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| ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[thorstenlemke]

Hello,

you have to delete the view (if you have created one) and the print area.

Thorsten

--- In cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com, "Stan" wrote:
> Reference deleted print areas remaining visible:
> I remove them with the "Delete View" function in the "Window Menu"
> I don't think you should have to do this however, perhaps Thorsten
> will enlighten us.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stan.
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 07:04 AM, Rowland Carson wrote:
>
> Still finding a few oddities with the latest beta.
>
> I noticed today that a TRIM operation behaved like a LINE SPLIT. That
> is, the piece trimmed off beyond the refrence line remained on
> display and could be deleted independently of the wanted part. I
> couldn't replicate the behaviour, though, so cannot offer an example.
>
> Another thing, which I don't think has ever happened before, is that
> when a print area is deleted it remains visible on the screen, even
> when a new print area with the identical name but a slightly
> different size is defined later. This seems to happen pretty
> consistently.
>
> regards
>
> Rowland
> --
>
> | Wilma & Rowland Carson
> | ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[RowlandCarson]

At 2004-09-30 06:06 +0000 Stan wrote:

>Reference deleted print areas remaining visible:
> I remove them with the "Delete View" function in the "Window Menu"
>I don't think you should have to do this

Stan - thanks, I had not realised what was going on. I guess I have
seldom deleted print areas in the past, and so may not have noticed
this behaviour. Also, I see now that "define view with same settings"
is ticked by default when I name a new print area. I have not (so
far) made any real use of views but looking properly at the view
choices on the window menu indicates how views could make some
operations easier/faster.

However, having the view area outlined in grey could make the
appearance a bit cluttered if one went to town on using views. Maybe
an option to hide view boundaries would be useful (like the hide/show
TIFFs option)?

Finally, I am now happy that the view persists even if the print area
is deleted - that may be a useful feature in some circumstances - so
I am now happy that the print area and the view area can be
separately deleted. If a view is not needed to be associated with the
print area, just de-select the tick box when creating it.

regards

Rowland
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