Janice, there are many aspects to think of when discussing grids. First, there is the *angle* of grid - and there is indeed a greater number in Lace RXP. Lace 2000 had a number of angles listed....but in Lace RXP, you can choose your own angle - anywhere from 5 degrees to 85 degrees.
There is the *size* of grid - and while the list in both programmes is much the same, there is always the option in either programme to choose an infinite range of sizes - all you need to do is click on the "User Defined" button when Choosing by Grid, and you can put any size grid in you like (and I've used some very strange ones to achieve the "perfect" size, I can assure you!) However, what I was referring to is the way Ian has programmed the grids generally. And this is hard to explain. Effectively, if I understand what he said correctly, (and please remember, I'm a lacemaker not a computer programmer), there is a greater number of "steps" in each grid....which overall allows for more accurate placement of your dots. However, it does mean that whereas in Lace 2000, if you were checking for duplicate dots, "0" pixels meant that not only dots right on top of each other were picked up, but others within a very close distance of the grid, in Lace RXP there isn't that leeway. So you might have a duplicate dot which in Lace 2000 would've been considered 0 pixels away from the next one, and in Lace RXP it isn't, and it won't be picked up by putting "0" in the pixel box. In those cases, you'll find that if you put a larger number (try 2 or 4) in the pixel box, you *will* pick up dots very close to each other. And this does raise another question which I've been asked about many times over the years!! Some people get very upset when they're cutting and pasting, or flipping or rotating, because, although they've had Snap to Grid on, their flipped, pasted, rotated pattern looks as if it is off the grid. And this has been accentuated in Lace RXP by the new grids. Again, let me try and explain....there are a certain number of "steps" in the grid across a distance of one inch. However, the "steps" are so tiny that, in some cases there are "x" of them in an inch, and sometimes "y".....it's a bit like the effect we get with both the calendar and time, where every so often we have to adjust the calendar by having a Leap Year, and the clocks by adding a second to keep the time accurate. So, if you happen to draw a pattern repeat on a section of the grid where there are "x" steps, then paste it or rotate it to a section where there are "y" steps, then on the screen the pattern will look "off" the grid. In discussing this with Ian during testing, I pressed him to put a figure on this "offness" - and it was 1/76th of an inch!!!! I've always assured people that the difference was minimal, and that they wouldn't be able to tell the difference by the time they printed out their pattern, so I was very interested to hear Ian's calculations and his reply. Because if you can see the difference if one section of your pattern is 1/76th of an inch "out", then you've got much better eyes than I have!!!! (VBG) Ruth [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Janice Blair Sent: Sunday, 22 February 2009 6:44 AM To: lace Subject: [lace] Lace RXP Ruth wrote: 1. The function "Show Duplicate Dots" has now been changed to "Show Duplicate Elements". So it will now show you duplicated dots, tallies, roseground, gimps, leaves. Please note that if you simply draw one line, or one tally on top of a previous one, the second drawing doesn't actually appear. So if you think you've *drawn* duplicated elements, you might wonder why they don't show up when you click on "Show Duplicate Elements". However, if you cut and paste, any duplicated elements on top of each other will be shown. Please remember that the grids are different in Lace RXP, so to find all duplicate dots you might have to put a bigger number in the "pixel" box. Ruth, What do you mean by the last sentence. Is it that there are more choices of grids to chose from? Or are you referring to the grid sizes in the printing choice? How are they difference from Lace 2000? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
