Just Released: An update to Xara Designer Pro X

[rsrsrs]

hey Xara guys,
The Labeled Lines will safe so much time for me, thx a lot !!!

i'm nearly crying for happiness.

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only a few things.

if you stretch the Labeld Lines by an error with the normal tool, the
distance is wrong, which may can be easily overseen.
see 1



there is nearly no magnetic snapping to other objects while adjusting the length.

would be great to ha have rounded number in the units.
i doing carpet design for nearly 25 years with Xara, normaly with scaling 1:20
id dont need 200,35cm 200cm would be great.

but again thumbs up for all !!!
have to look for the rest of the news.

and crasy, this is only from 16 >>> 16.1 !
what will 17 look like!
;-)

[cmpan1]

hey Xara guys,
The Labeled Lines will safe so much time for me, thx a lot !!!

***
only a few things.

if you stretch the Labeled Lines by an error with the normal tool, the
distance is wrong, which may can be easily overseen.

see 1

there is nearly no magnetic snapping to other objects while adjusting the length. ;-)

Hi rsrsrs... by "normal tool", I assume you mean the 'Selector Tool' (arrow)... if yes... then hold down the alt key... it will measure correctly AND... snap correctly.

Yes there's a slight difference in snapping when selecting & stretching with a 'quickshape' tool... it's a bit more subtle...

But... like you... I love this tool! And you could design the heck out of it... TOTAL CONTROL of all aspects of it...

[rsrsrs]

Hi rsrsrs... by "normal tool", I assume you mean the 'Selector Tool' (arrow)... if yes... then hold down the alt key... it will measure correctly AND... snap correctly.

yes you are right, cool.

but than it looks like that:



first bug?

;-)

edit, with the 'Selector Tool' just move a little at middle squares, an its fine again ....

[yjs]

Definitely a great improvement for the tables, thanks!!

But am I correct that there's no change for inserting elements in cells? For example, in Table 1, what's now the best way to add a checkmark in an empty cell and have this new checkmark maintain its place in the table when the latter is moved?

[cmpan1]

Definitely a great improvement for the tables, thanks!!

But am I correct that there's no change for inserting elements in cells? For example, in Table 1, what's now the best way to add a checkmark in an empty cell and have this new checkmark maintain its place in the table when the latter is moved?

yjs... yes, it's very simple to add elements in cells... and... you can change size, color, etc...

Here's Table 1 that had the 'already' inserted check marks... I added ALL the black symbols... here's how ya do it....

The trick is to select the text tool... click into a cell... as if you were going to insert text... when the blinking cursor appears... go to 'insert symbols' and choose your symbol.
It will appear 'inline'... in the cell... you can, of course even add text to it.... with all the normal formatting features available... And... you can actually copy/paste
anything into the cell... (as the text cursor blinks)

Hope this helps...

Cliff

[yjs]

Great, thanks Cliff - Using the text tool to insert graphics works fine.

[IanB]

I've just uploaded a new version of a website which I update every day or so. http://www.pyramidfolk.info/ The first indication that something had changed was the time it took to upload. Every file was new and I presume this had something to do with the way groups were being treated. But next, to my horror, it took even longer for the main map page to complete loading and display. http://www.pyramidfolk.info/index2.htm as the map appeared to be being redrawn rather than loaded as an image.

I'm really annoyed that what should have been an 'improvement' has made my life more difficult and I'm reacting out of anger at the moment. I have yet to see any benefits and may well end up ditching the website and giving up on Xara (which I have used since the Artworks days on the Archimedes).

[Rob-Xar]

I've logged this with our developers, although after having a quick chat with them it would be expected to a degree that this wouldn't work by stretching the line with the old handles as it essentially turns off the "smartness" of the line. I would recommend resizing smartshapes with smartshape handles where possible!

Thanks
Rob