Pack together

[AntonM]

Is there a "Pack together" operation? The Alignment tool allows a variety of "spreading out" and "lining up" options, but I don't see a "Snuggle up tight" option> Have I missed it? If not, can it be on the wish-list?

Anton

[gwpriester]

Anton

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> but I don't see a "Snuggle up tight" option> Have I missed it? If not, can it be on the wish-list? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not sure what you mean. Do you mean align objects so they are touching one another but not overlapping?

If so, that would be a useful setting.

Gary

[AntonM]

Gary

Yes, that's exactly what I meant, and your diagram illustrated it prefectly.

Of course, in some cases simply arranging objects so that their bounding boxes touch would not be enough. For instance, if you had a row of 5-pointed stars, one the right way up, the next upside down, and so on. One would need something else like "snuggle up until one of my lines touches one of yours" (sorry, I'm not awfully scientific...) in which cases the bounding boxes could overlap. I have no idea how one would go about it, but there are loads of clever people in Xara... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Anton

[amoore]

I've wished for mind-reading software for years. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

OTOH, that's what MS has been trying to do with Office, and the results have been mixed to awful.http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

OK, I take it back. Maybe mind-reading software isn't such a great idea.

[John Rayner]

"OTOH, that's what MS has been trying to do with Office, and the results have been mixed to awful." - Allison Moore

I would tend to say that software tends more towards the awful side of the fence and getting worse with every patch. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

They used to have hardware, software and firmware. Well, microsux should patent lumpware and office is a fine example. The lumpiest taters I ever did see.. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[AntonM]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I've wished for mind-reading software for years. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Er, no... not if it's MS trying to read my mind... I have enough trouble trying to protect my computer from the world at large!!

I'd hope that there would be an option to do it this way or that way... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Anton

[Egg Bramhill]

Great idea!
Here's some more....

[Egg Bramhill]

But on a more serious side, Flash has a very convenient 'Make shapes same size' in either the vertical / horizontal or both axis.

[John Rayner]

Great Egg... simply great!

[amoore]

Very funny, Egg.http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I particularly like the demoralized shapes.