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khdetw

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Constrained Move
« on: October 19, 2012, 12:47:09 PM »
Constrained Move seems to be missing, although snap to grid is usually a workable substitute.

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Re: Constrained Move
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2012, 12:58:03 PM »
Actually, using Winfig a bit more, the lack of constrained move & copy is a big problem compared to xfig. When copying objects with snap-to-grid enabled they to not align with the parent object. I have to place the copied object then to a Move to align it with the grid.

Andreas

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Re: Constrained Move
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2012, 10:34:37 PM »
WinFIG can snap to grid, snap to vertex and constrain new line points using manhattan/mountain/mounthattan geometry.

WinFIG 3.x could also contrain moves to x or y axis only. I will add that again in the next release.

I don't know if Xfig does that so much better. When I have an ellipse and choose the wide grid under "point posn", then I cannot even grab the ellipse if it doesn't touch any of the grid intersections. Same for other shapes.

I didn't really understand what I meant by " they to not align with the parent object". Perhaps, if I could understand your idea, this could be a feature to implement.
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