Angle of Selection

[Acorn]

I understand the logic Xara has used. Each Point Handle has to have an orientation. Xara chose the set-up I described before so when you draw a vertical line upwards, it is just following the convention. Ditto for a Smart Line, it is presented horizontally left to right. However, I also felt a Challenge swell inside me.

I present Three Upright Straight Lines.xar.

Each was made in a different manner. All are Vertical with 0^o orientation.

Can you come up with any of my three different solutions?
All approaches must allow a Line to be created at any angle but the resultant angle for that orientation must still be 0^o.

Acorn

P.S. The Lines can be saved and reused for any purpose.

[ernie-f]

I find out, when I draw a straght line with the shape tool „Make Curve” is the rotationpoint zero.

[Acorn]

I find out, when I draw a straght line with the shape tool „Make Curve” is the rotationpoint zero.

Great ernie. You found one I didn't! It actually remembers what angle it was made at as when you rotate it with the Ctrl key down it no longer aligns up-down or left-right. We'll call this the Yellow solution.

I included a cheat: make it in an earlier version and copy back. This was my Green solution.

Two to go.

Acorn

[ernie-f]

Draw a rectangel, convert to editible shapes and delete two pionts of them.



The same with a triangle.

[Acorn]

Draw a rectangel, convert to editible shapes and delete two pionts of them.



The same with a triangle.

ernie, you are cooking. That was my Blue solution.

My worst offering (Red) is to create a Line with Round cap. Convert Line to Shape and delete outer control points and add back a Line width.

If you do this with a Butt or Square cap you get into the same position as your Box solution.
It equally works with a Circle but you have to remove the Smooth join.

Acorn

[ernie-f]

Hi Acorn,
thx for the coock. I realy like to cooking and BBQ. Coocking inside XDP is not so my thing but I enjoyed the experiments.

Greets from Bavaria!
Ernie

[Acorn]

ernie, bitte schön, gern geschehen.

Acorn