Re: [artworks] Positioning a simple rectangle
- From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:08:28 +0100
On 23 Apr at 8:32, Brian Bailey <bbailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <mpro.kiime70003t17005l.tim@xxxxxxxxx>,
> Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I continue with my heraldry kick but have started again with a new
> > design.
>
> > The core of the design is lots of little boxes each containing a
> > design of some sort. The critical thing about these little boxes is
> > that they should all be the same size and precisely lined up.
>
> > I create a rectangle with the rectangle tool, though with the fill
> > colour set to none.
>
> > View > Grid Lock is ON and Shown.
>
> > I draw a rectangle.
>
> > I then reshape and position the rectangle to precisely the size and
> > shape that I want. All this needs is that the opposite corners are
> > each moved to the appropriate grid points and they are automatically
> > locked to those.
>
> > Stage one of building up the grid of boxes is to copy (CTRL-C) this
> > rectangle and then paste (CTRL-V) it in a suitable place.
>
> > Just as a check I move the rectangle to be on top of the one that it
> > copies. This can only be done, of course, in steps of the grid.
>
> > But the new rectangle is not in the same place as the original. Nor
> > is it if I to CTRL-P to 'Pull onto grid'; in fact CTRL-P does not
> > move it at all.
>
> > This is particularly visible at a magnification of 600%. The line
> > thickness is 2 pts.
>
> I think that is where your problem lies. I met this one some time ago.
> Make sure that your line thickness is '0' to start with and edit the
> line thickness later, once everything is locked in the right place.
> You should then have an accurate layout. Allow for the final line
> thickness in your final layout. Best of luck.
Yes and thanks, since I wrote the above, I found that this was a
solution. Apart from the inelegance of not working with the final
thickness, there is the problem of actually selecting the control
points.
It looks like there needs to be an option somewhere to 'Lock control
points precisely to grid'. That would make life a lot easier.
I have a lot more work to do of trying out all the suggestions that have
been made to see if they really make this project feasible. (I wonder
what Xara-Xtreme 4 will do?)
--
Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@xxxxxxxxx
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