I edit metafile technical documents and would love to use Inkscape. Unfortunately the Y coordinates has been a show stopper for years. (I've fawned over IS for over 4 years wishing I could use it or had the technical knowhow to fix it.)
It is virtually impossible to create or edit any metafile in Inkscape as it reverses the y data points. Even if you only open, then save the document, it reverses the metadata y coordinates. This is a major incompatibility for using Inkscape as any part of a tool set, or process for technical documents, which relegates it to become a stand alone art tool with very limited use. A real shame, as its a beautiful piece of work which is missing usage in whole industries due to this single flaw. Sure you guys are all smarter than I am, but why not make the y axis user configurable . . . and let users deal with the results. A metafile could be embedded in the document itself to "record" the way the document was saved and autoconfig the IS viewer and ruler orientation when opening the file, so it doesn't create incompatibility between Inkscape users. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
