How to snap to the mid-point of a line? I cannot found snap setting beside the end point.
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How to snap to the mid-point of a line? I cannot found snap setting beside the end point.
A Xara straight line has no mid-point as it can be transformed into a curved one at any time.
Clone and Rotate 900. The crossing is the mid-point, to which you can Snap.
Clone and Scale 50%. Align end point. Mid-point is then the other end of the halved line.
The mid-point of a curved line is far more intriguing.
You could add a Point and Break there and keep approximating as. as each Line or segment has a Perimeter (P).
I would make a Text Column of pattern 1234567890 and then Fit Text to Curve. Count the numbers along the line and halve to get to the mid-point.
Accurate to about 5px but could be improved.
Acorn
Another way is create a rectangle with the same length as the line and find the mid point of that by selecting and where the center is put a guide and that will be the be the center or mid point of your line
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
There is a paradigm shift when you ken the Xara way and it all falls into place.
Acorn
I have spent some time writing a tutorial but on my version at least (XDP16) just selecting the line and converting to editable shapes shows the bullseye in the center anyway so really I didn't need to do anything.
@ Flim
Complex...:-O