Re: [artworks] Variable lines that connect objects
- From: Gavin Crawford <gav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:10:40 +0100
In message <0F9F28E2B8214132A8F2AD031E39D199@colinpc>
"Colin & Joy McLeod" <colin.joy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I also use Artworks in conjunction with various other programmes, mainly
> ApolloniusPDT (Tony Cheal 1996) and Vector in the production of drawings for
> laser cutting for a local sculptor. I have found recent changes like
> artistic lines and PDF generation very useful.
> The parametric way Apollonius works allows for adjustments in drawfiles
> which can be transferred to Artworks. This may be a help for the chart
> drawing problem.
> The major addition that I would like added to Artworks is a way to
> automatically generate points on lines where they cross other lines. (This,
> I think should be possible as similar points are generated by the intersect
> tool.)
I import a lot of drawfiles into ArtWorks from a number of different
apps, including some of my own. What I really wish ArtWorks could do
is convert a rectangular path to it's own Rectangle type object, and
similarly an elliptical or circular path to an Ellipse object.
I wish ArtWorks had some sort of script file abillity, or a more open
file format that would allow applications to construct ArtWorks files
directly, instead of using Draw files that have a limited subset of
objects. Obviously, an open file format could be considered a problem
if someone could create an ArtWorks file without needing to buy a copy
of ArtWorks, but a file format that was interpreted by ArtWorks, and
was easy to create - and that handled all the ArtWorks objects and
features would be the answer.
A method I was going to employ at one stage was to generate ArtWorks
EPS files, but the not all of ArtWorks' objects can be encoded in the
EPS format, so it seemed a huge amount of work, and still not achieve
a complete set of features. Also, I think if an 'ArtWorks Document
Description' or an 'ArtWorks Script File' was available, it should
have it's own filetype so when double clicked would be automatically
interpreted by ArtWorks, unlike using an EPS file which needs to be
dragged to ArtWorks, as there could be other applications that would
get the DataLoad message.
Gavin
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