Ya lost me right off the bat, but thats not unusual for you acorn. But I will say I am going to take a look at it.
Ya lost me right off the bat, but thats not unusual for you acorn. But I will say I am going to take a look at it.
ernie, thank you. This is the classical compass and ruler solution.
You are creating the angle bisector of the three vertices (only two are needed) to cross at the incircle position.
A circle centred here will then be easy to increase to touch the three sides when Snap to objects is active.
However, while your straight lines can be fixed to a vertex, I do not believe you can "accurately" position the other end point as there is no control or handle point available.
You can still manage and improve on this in a definite Xara-way.
@Xara - in passing, I tried with your Piesegment 1 Smart Shape. It is useless as when you try and position the centre with cursor keys the Snap to Objects FAILS and the JavaScript code is so slow, it FAILS to position. Might I suggest your Developers attempt this Challenge with Smart Shapes?
Acorn
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You can do that with circles they snap in the midpoint too. Tis is the clasic way i learned over 55 years ago and don't forget.do not believe you can "accurately" position the other end point as there is no control or handle point available.
Larry a.k.a wizard509
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Sorry Larry, was it not clear that the circle doesn't yet exist? You have to make it.
The top left edge has an overlap with the circle and the bottom has a gap.
The Area is a little under at 111,300px2.
Do correct me if I am wrong but I have no clear strategy for positioning the circle; I am adjusting, zooming in & out and working around the three sides.
I managed it in about 10 minutes.
Thanks for the approach though, it can be made to work.
acorn
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Larry a.k.a wizard509
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ernie, I have no problem with Xara snapping circle centres, I simply cannot snap a line end (edit handle) to the crossing point of two circles and I cannot rotate a line exactly onto the same point. A line end will track along a circumference but when it crosses another, it does not snap.
I can position an edit handle very close to the intersection, go to maximum zoom and then use Alt+Cursor Key to creep into place. You cannot do this at a high zoom for a rotating line when the edit handle is a distance away.
Acorn
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I've said this on MANY occasions. Xara would benefit from an ENDPOINT, MIDPOINT and INTERSECTION SNAP system the same as most CAD Systems. Although acknowledging that Xara ISN'T CAD, the technical side of the drawing system is similar enough to justify it.
Keith
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Hi Acorn,
there is no problem with my construction. The lines I create snap all to the right points and are precise as Xara can be.
See the vid.
www.franta-net.de/ice/line snap.mp4
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