specific number of equi-spaced nodes on a line or curve?

[sadicus]

Without using a grid or rulers is there a way to add a specific number of equi-spaced nodes on a line or curve?

[Egg Bramhill]

Not as far as I'm aware of Sadicus. You'll just need to add them by hand with the shape tool.

[Acorn]

Depends how desperate you are.

Draw your line, apply a suitable Dash pattern and change the line Width to suit.
Lock the line.
With the Shape tool, Curve and Smooth, click on the end of each Dash.

Acorn

[sadicus]

good one Acorn! yea I was looking for a clever way to use Xara, Cheers! I switch between 2D and 3D apps where working with curves is more precise as far as node creation goes.

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi Acorn, sounds like a good solution but I'm not following the 'Lock' bit (I rarely use it). If I lock it how can I ?:

With the Shape tool, Curve and Smooth, click on the end of each Dash.

[Acorn]

Hi Acorn, sounds like a good solution but I'm not following the 'Lock' bit (I rarely use it). If I lock it how can I ?:

Egg, you are creating a new line on top of the locked one. Locking prevents you moving or altering the original.

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

Sorry Acorn, being thick here, I still don't follow you.

[Acorn]

Sorry Acorn, being thick here, I still don't follow you.

Egg, if you have a locked object and you are using the shape tool, when you click anywhere, you start a line. So, in this case , click on the the left point of the locked line and then follow and click on the dashes ends. The end result is a line trace with equi-placed control points.

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

Sorry Acorn, it must be me, I became a Great Grandfather last Thursday and my brain must becoming addled. Not following you.

[handrawn]

you are drawing a line with the shape tool egg, using the previously drawn dashed line [now locked] as a reference, in the same way as you would a grid - call it a 'guide line' if you like

it's still a manual operation but it's a solution...