Re: Extension request: Auto-generate rectangles based on input values
"Windell H. Oskay" <windell-IIIII+3LL55YieS3v4Eu8FaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> Sun, 2 Jun 2019 17:37:03 -0700
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> On Jun 2, 2019, at 5:28 PM, brynn <[email protected]> wrote: > > But doesn't the choice of bounding box settle the stroke width issue? With the Visual BB, measurements include the stroke width. With Geometric, it doesn't. > > I would assume that most people who use Inkscape for any kind of cutting, must be using the Geometric BB....well, if they use strokes. Maybe some don't use strokes. Well, actually -- ha! -- that totally solves it. I never knew about that option, after designing hardware in Inkscape for ~ten years. How about we add a guide for using Inkscape for CAD, which includes advice to use the Geometric BB (and why to use it) and to turn on Outline Display Mode? Those two non-obvious options together put Inkscape on pretty good footing for doing CAD. Thanks! Windell H. Oskay, Ph.D. Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories 1285 Forgewood Ave Sunnyvale CA 94089 http://www.evilmadscientist.com/