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posted: 31 Aug 2007 21:34 from: Jim Guthrie
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Since Cynric was asking for his Adobe 'hand', I thought I might suggest something that I use in AutoCAD LT which I find useful - i.e. the 'Previous View' facility which returns you to the previous view on the screen. In AutoCAD I find I use it a lot by setting the screen to an overall view of a required area of a drawing then zoom in to specific areas by using the 'Zoom to area' facility and return to the overall view using the 'Previous View' facility. There are a lot of times I would like to do this in Templot - when fiddling around with bits of a formation, an overall view of the formation could be set up on the screen, then I could zoom in to particular areas using the area function, then return to the overall view using a 'Previous View function. At the moment, you can zoom out in various ways in Templot, but I haven't found a method which allows me to go back easily to my previous overall view without a fair bit of fiddling with pan and zoom controls. Jim. |
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posted: 31 Aug 2007 22:24 from: Martin Wynne
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Jim Guthrie wrote: I thought I might suggest something that I use in AutoCAD LT which I find useful - i.e. the 'Previous View' facility which returns you to the previous view on the screen.Hi Jim, You will be pleased to know that this has been on my "to-do" list for a long time, and is now in the works. A question -- would you prefer to be able to roll backwards and forwards through all recent changes to the pad view, or simply set a pre-set view which you can return to at any time? Or maybe both? The buttons can go on the zoom/pan dialog, but I'm at a loss to find any free shortcuts. A related option is a small "map" window, showing the entire pad, with a rectangle showing the required view. You could have several such rectangles, and click the one required. The objection to all such ideas is that they take up screen space. I have never yet found a way of putting anything on the screen which doesn't immediately get in the way of what I'm trying to do! If you want to see two things at once, don't forget the "paper-bunching" functions. You can control both the bunched width and any vertical shear by mouse action: pad > zoom > paper bunching menu options, or the < and > keys. action > mouse actions: pad > adjust paper bunching mouse action. More about paper-bunching at: paper-bunching notes. regards, Martin. |
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posted: 1 Sep 2007 00:55 from: Jim Guthrie
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MartinYou will be pleased to know that this has been on my "to-do" list for a long time, and is now in the works. Am I glad of that :-) There are so many nooks and crannies in Templot that I felt the answer would be that it's there already :-) A question -- would you prefer to be able to roll backwards and forwards through all recent changes to the pad view, or simply set a pre-set view which you can return to at any time? Or maybe both? If you can do a roll back through several views then that would be even better. There are times in LT where you zoom in, then you have to zoom again, and you lose the return to your overall view with only one level of return. The buttons can go on the zoom/pan dialog, but I'm at a loss to find any free shortcuts. I would be quite happy with buttons on the zoom/pan dialog - I tend to use the other ones on that dialog in any case. A related option is a small "map" window, showing the entire pad, with a rectangle showing the required view. You could have several such rectangles, and click the one required. The objection to all such ideas is that they take up screen space. I have never yet found a way of putting anything on the screen which doesn't immediately get in the way of what I'm trying to do! I've worked with other software with map views and I've never found them to be of great use. It seems just as easy to me to zoom to view all, then zoom to a selected area. Jim. |
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posted: 2 Sep 2007 11:48 from: Peter Salathiel
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Martin Wynne wrote: You will be pleased to know that this has been on my "to-do" list for a long time, and is now in the works. A question -- would you prefer to be able to roll backwards and forwards through all recent changes to the pad view, or simply set a pre-set view which you can return to at any time? Or maybe both? ------------ Hi Martin, I too lose control when I'm zooming. It would be great to roll backwards and forwards. Pre-sets don't work for me as I never realise the need to pre-set until too late Best Regards Peter |
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