Jenny Brandis wrote:
I too use Lace 2000 and having always thought that straight was smaller than diagonal I have been flumoxed to find that it is the other way around on the program. Not that I mind too much as maths was never my best subject but now that I am trying to *understand* the logic of lace I got tossed by this.
If I print out in 1/10 inch straight it is actually printing larger than 1/10 inch diagonal. That is what confused me :)
It all depends on how you get from straight to diagonal. The diagonal of a square is longer than its side, so if you get your diagonal by turning graph paper on the bias, the pins along the edge are going to be about 1.4 times as far apart as they were when they were separated by the sides of the squares instead of the diagonals. If you get your diagonal by sticking pins in every other intersection of graph paper used straight, the pins are going to be separated by twice the side of the square. If you start with a diagonal arrangement and size it so the pins are ten to the inch along the edges, the squares that are set on their corners are going to be about 0.07 inches on the sides, in order to have diagonals of 0.1 inches. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the weather remains worryingly pleasant. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
