Re: [artworks] Drawfile import - page size

  • From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:31:38 +0200

In message <05f21c7852.Dentrassis@mail>
          Gavin Crawford <gav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <98d57f7752.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> In message <20fd237752.Dentrassis@mail>
>>           Gavin Crawford <gav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> When importing (or rather converting) DrawFiles by dragging to the
>>> iconbar icon, is there a way to force ArtWorks to look at the paper
>>> size and orientation set in the DrawFile's choices object, and set
>>> ArtWorks own page size to match? If not should this not be the default
>>> action?

>> Yes, good point. That information was not present in Drawfiles at the
>> time when ArtWorks Draw import was written. Also, the main emphasis
>> was on importing Draw files into existing ArtWorks documents that
>> already have a page size.

>> I fully agree: When dragging a Draw file to the icon bar, ArtWorks
>> should use its page size. Also, there is other information that could
>> be imported (e.g., the grid size and the "view print margins" option).

> Having ArtWorks also set the grid and print margins to match the Draw
> file would be useful.

I have finally fixed that, so the next release of ArtWorks will import 
the Draw paper size, plus it will import the state of the "View print 
margins" option. As far as I can see ArtWorks already imports the 
state of the "View Grid" option, though it does not import the grid 
size.

Martin
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