Linking a group to the pegging notch

[richard_t]

Hi

Is it possible to use "Linking a group to the pegging notch" to move 4 background shapes as well? When I did this, Templot didn't offer to keep the shapes in sync. the 4 picture shapes have the "allow to sync with templates" option ticked.

(Back story: over 2 years ago I realigned my plan of Manchester Central, but didn't think at the time that I would need the plans re-aligned - I now think that was a bit silly, and it would be useful to have the plans aligned to the new alignment. So I copied one of the templates, manually aligned it to the plan in it's existing location, and hoped the above would sort it all for me...)

TIA

Richard

 

[Martin Wynne]

Is it possible to use "Linking a group to the pegging notch" to move 4 background shapes as well? When I did this, Templot didn't offer to keep the shapes in sync. the 4 picture shapes have the "allow to sync with templates" option ticked.

@richard_t

Hi Richard,

Thanks for that. I think that probably counts as a bug, so I will get on with fixing it.

cheers,

Martin.

 

[Martin Wynne]

@richard_t

Hi Richard,

I think I have fixed this. I can't be entirely sure without hours of testing, which I haven't got time to do just now.

It will be in the next program update shortly.

For the future I think I am going to release updates more frequently, and adopt the industry-standard practice of leaving users to do the testing.

It's very clunky because group moves linked to the notch can involve both a shift and a rotate. Each is done separately, so you will be asked twice to confirm the move for the background shapes. And as you know the result often requires a further rotate of 180 degrees to get the group facing the right way, so you will be asked a third time to confirm the shapes move. You must answer yes every time, or no every time, otherwise sync will be lost and you will end up in a muddle. For anyone doing complex track planning over a background map it could get annoying -- it would be better to switch sync off on the background shapes until you actually need it.

Also background maps tend to be large images. Templot's image rotation function is extremely slow, so if you have several maps to be rotated there will be time to go and make a coffee while you are waiting.

If any of the T3 team are reading this, a faster image rotation function would be welcome. But it must retain the exact scaled size of the image, which some published code and fast Windows API functions do not.

cheers,

Martin.

 

[richard_t]

Wow fast work - I'm a bit too tired to try it tonight - I'm going to do some simple map tiling

But I'll give it a go tomorrow.

Thanks.

Richard

 

[Martin Wynne]

I'm a bit too tired to try it tonight

It's not released yet -- I'm not that fast.

Maybe tomorrow.

Martin.