Hi Andrew - thank you for the nice QCAD 3.20.0 update.
Playing around with the new Size settings for rectangle shaped polylines I discovered that it also works for pentagons, hexagons, octagons etc.etc. but not for triangles. I get the info for a rectangle but I can't manipulate it. Is that intended?
Width / height properties for rectangle shaped polylines
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Width / height properties for rectangle shaped polylines
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Re: Width / height properties for rectangle shaped polylines
It's supposed to work for rectangle shaped polylines and shapes that are "very similar to a rectangle". The rectangle shape may be rotated (see displayed property "base angle").
Let's say you have a rectangle with rounded or bevelled corners or some other small adjustments. You can then often conveniently change its width/height using the property editor. It's important to realize that changing the width / height applies a stretch modification (not scaling). This is especially important when arcs are involved.
For a triangle it does not work since there are no two pairs of parallel lines that could be used to determine the base angle or stretching directions.
Let's say you have a rectangle with rounded or bevelled corners or some other small adjustments. You can then often conveniently change its width/height using the property editor. It's important to realize that changing the width / height applies a stretch modification (not scaling). This is especially important when arcs are involved.
For a triangle it does not work since there are no two pairs of parallel lines that could be used to determine the base angle or stretching directions.
Re: Width / height properties for rectangle shaped polylines
Understood. Thank you!
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