Hi :) Would those tips&tricks be good as an extra chapter or would they be better as additional tips in different places within existing chapters? Are they already written-up somewhere or could you write them to fit into the guide? Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Bruce Martin <brucemarti...@gmail.com> >To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2013, 6:01 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide - User's idea. > >Dear Sirs: > >I use Draw fairly extensively, and often like a mechanical CAD system, >notwithstanding the decimal accuracy of about 3 digits instead of about >12 for a real CAD. I am also aware that there is/was an American >University using this as a CAD tool with their students. > >In doing so, there are many extra tricks that can be helpful, such as >creating a *_library of "components"_* or pre-drawn items that one >re-uses frequently. >When I was using Generic CADD, back in the DOS days, one user had made >and shared an extensive library of Mechanical piece parts, largely U.S. >machine screw sizes and threads. what he did with a series of macros >could as easily be done by repeated copy, paste and assemble of the >threads, heads, etc. > >Added to that, I always have at least one "scrap page" at the end of >each file to save items or groups for reuse as I create. > >Since I use LibreOffice in both Windows XP and Linux (Fedora 17 >x_86-64), I have an extra hard drive on that machine to handle data >storage and sharing, and 2 NAS boxes on the network for my other machines. > >>From this I build electronic and electrical hardware and other >mechanical conveniences, largely for my own use in retirement. > >_*The "zoom rectangle":*_ > >One such item is a "zoom rectangle". It is simply a rectangle, named >something like "zoom rectangle" with no fill and the border of a colour >that I am not likely to use as part of the actual drawing (by habit, I >usually use Light Blue). I then copy, paste and size on the active slide >around the area I am working on at the time. Then I use object zoom to >get in there quickly, especially if I have to go in and out of that area >many times in rapid repetition. > >On 09/27/2012 04:46 AM, PeeWee wrote: >> Hello >> >> I have updated Chapter 3 Working with Objects and Object Points to include >> zooming, snap functions and guide lines from Chapter 8 Tips & Tricks. The >> zooming, snap functions and guide lines have been updated before being >> placed into Chapter 3. >> >> Chapter 3 is a more suitable chapter for these topics as they are an >> integral part of working with objects. >> >> This new version is now in the Draw LO3.5 drafts folder for review and >> comment. >> >> Please let me know if you agree with this move. >> >> Regards >> >> PeterS >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Draw-Guide-Chapter-3-New-Version-tp4009537.html >> Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
