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July 11, 2011
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Straight Line Magnetism

  • July 11, 2011
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Hello.

I have recently upgraded to version 7.2 and quickly discovered that lines are no longer magnetic. The end and centre points are, but I could always snap other items to any point on a straight line. For example, if I draw an elipse and a vertical line (to represent a centre line), I would be able to drag the elipse and snap it's centre point anywhere along the line. Now, I must either snap the elipse to an end point and shift drag it to the desired location (no good if the line is not aligned to the grid), or draw a perpendicular line and snap the elipse to the end point of the perpendicular line. I have also installed this copy on to a new machine, so have I missed a setting somewhere or has this function been removed?

Thanks.

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    VladimirN24-Ruby III
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    July 11, 2011

    Hello!

    And what version of Arbortext IsoDraw you had before the upgrade?

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    ptc-16134211-VisitorAuthor
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    July 11, 2011

    Sorry, I should have mentioned that - it was 7.1.

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    ptc-16134211-VisitorAuthor
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    July 12, 2011

    Thanks for replying.

    On my previous computer, I had version 7.1 and I am fairly certain that the whole line was magnetic (I could be wrong though!). On this computer I have version 7.0 and 7.2. With 7.0 the whole line is magnetic and enabling Cursor Info does not change the behaviour. I have tried changing the Cursor Info settings in 7.2 and there is no change to the line's magnetic properties. Until now, I have not been using Isodraw a great deal, so the magnetic properties could have been removed at version 7.1. But, now that I have started to use Isodraw again, I miss not being able to snap items to a line.

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