Thanks all. If I make a suggestion to LO - add some more CAD abilities to Draw such as higher precision. LOD is a very useful program, and could be even more useful.
Dave, On Thu, Nov 19, 2015, at 04:52 AM, Mike Scott wrote: > On 18/11/15 21:52, dave boland wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2015, at 02:13 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > >> At 13:48 18/11/2015 -0500, Dave Boland wrote: > >>> I want to locate a line 1/8-inch (0.125") from the margin. LOD > >>> truncates that to 0.13". Is there a way to get 3-places? > >> > >> Is that LOD as distinct from LOW, LOC, LOI, LOB, etc.? > >> > >> o Go to Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Draw | General | Scale. > >> o Set "Drawing scale" to 1:10. > >> o Locate your line at 1.25". > >> > >> I trust this helps. > > > > Nope. The line is set to 0.13" from the margin. > > Looks like this is a long-standing unfixed issue: > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9688 > (from 2008) > > If you work in mm, the 2 decimal places the GUI so unreasonably forces > will give a precision of 10μm. Not altogether convenient for the > "traditionally minded" among us though :-) > > > -- > Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) > Harlow Essex England > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > 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/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted -- dave boland [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.com - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
