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posted: 20 May 2008 17:48 from: George Ray
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I have imported some curved baseboard outlines as background shapes. The import was in DXF format, when I open the shape box there are several thousand shapes each only a small length, is there a way of selecting and renaming more than one shape so that I can easily identify which shape belongs to which curved edge. It would be nice to be able to select a background shape on the templot drawing so that it coul be identified on the list. Does anyone have any ideas. Is my problem that I shouldn't have imported as a DXF but perhaps as a bit map. |
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posted: 20 May 2008 21:21 from: Martin Wynne
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George Ray wrote: I have imported some curved baseboard outlines as background shapes. The import was in DXF format, when I open the shape box there are several thousand shapes each only a small length, is there a way of selecting and renaming more than one shape so that I can easily identify which shape belongs to which curved edge. It would be nice to be able to select a background shape on the templot drawing so that it coul be identified on the list. Does anyone have any ideas. Is my problem that I shouldn't have imported as a DXF but perhaps as a bit map.Hi George, The DXF import is primarily intended for maps which have been vectorised. The vectorising process typically produces a large number of short lines. In theory vectorising a map should work better than importing the scan as a picture shape bitmap, because the vectorised version can be zoomed in without pixelating. In practice, the tangle of short lines gets very confusing, and mostly it's more comfortable to work with a bitmap image. Sorry, there is no way to select a background shape on the pad. You must select it in the background shapes list. It is then highlighted on the pad in red. That might be easier to see if you change the normal background shapes colour to white, say. You can then run down the list with the arrow keys until you see the shape which you want in red. It can be quite quick to do. For a curved baseboard edge, I suggest that instead of the background shapes functions, you should use dummy "centre-line only" track template(s). You can use all the usual track functions to create the baseboard edge, and you can show it in a distinctive colour using the "marker colour" functions. Like this: board_edge.png  regards, Martin. |
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posted: 20 May 2008 21:31 from: George Ray
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Martin Thanks so much for the speedy response. I think the way ahead for me now is to lay centre line only templates over the existing background shapes for the curved boards and then delete the 1800 shapes I dont want. My list will then only have the rectangular boards which I still need for positioning point motors clear of baseboard timbers. I shall try that right away. George  |
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