Re: A ruler object

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Not exactly the same, but Jabiertxof made the Measure Line LPE for me as a
gift a few years back to save me time marking up my industrial design
projects for work.

May try that in the interim. :)

-C

On Fri, 13 Dec 2019, 00:34 Steve Litt, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Last night I spent several hours creating a drawing to represent the
> pool lighting wiring in my back yard. Creating it depended on using
> about a dozen measurements from the yard. Most of the measurements were
> neither up and down nor sideways, but were instead at undefined angles
> (the angles would later be defined by the measurements, if I wanted to
> do the trig).
>
> About halfway through the project I created a ruler, representing 8
> feet, to measure such things. It worked pretty well. I could rotate it
> with the little rotate handles, and could adjust the axis of rotation
> with the tiny x that by default is in the middle.
>
> The ruler was constructed from a thick line, with nine thin lines
> equally distanced across it: Each end had its line, so that it
> represented 8 feet. Up the right side I had small numerals 0 through 8,
> while on the left side I had numerals 8 through 0. Like I say, it
> worked well.
>
> It would take a lot of work, but the Inkscape developers could make it
> much easier by creating a ruler tool. As I envision it, the ruler
> tool would have a way to define crosshair/numeral spacing, and would
> automatically number both sides as I described. Lengthening the ruler
> wouldn't widen the spacing, it would just create more
> crosshairs/numerals. It would act kind of like a tape measure.
>
> Perhaps you can right click somewhere and choose "tape measure", then
> left click where you want the other end. You can left click either end
> to change its position. You can right click either end and choose
> "Leave construction mark", and it will place a thin, eraseable X there.
> Right clicking anywhere on the tape measure bestows an additional
> choice called "Scale tape measure", which brings up a dialog box
> showing how many centimeters, millimeters, inches etc, represents how
> many meters, feet, etc, and changes the spacing, which is sticky
> with respect to the drawing so you don't have to keep doing it, and if
> you alternate between two drawings, you don't have to keep changing it.
>
>
> --
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
> November 2019 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical
> Troubleshooting Second edition
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Not exactly the same, but Jabiertxof made the Measure Lin=
e LPE for me as a gift a few years back to save me time marking up my indus=
trial design projects for work.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto=
">May try that in the interim. :)=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"auto">-C</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 13 Dec 2019, 00:34 Steve Litt, &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;b=
order-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
Last night I spent several hours creating a drawing to represent the<br>
pool lighting wiring in my back yard. Creating it depended on using<br>
about a dozen measurements from the yard. Most of the measurements were<br>
neither up and down nor sideways, but were instead at undefined angles<br>
(the angles would later be defined by the measurements, if I wanted to<br>
do the trig).<br>
<br>
About halfway through the project I created a ruler, representing 8<br>
feet, to measure such things. It worked pretty well. I could rotate it<br>
with the little rotate handles, and could adjust the axis of rotation<br>
with the tiny x that by default is in the middle.<br>
<br>
The ruler was constructed from a thick line, with nine thin lines<br>
equally distanced across it: Each end had its line, so that it<br>
represented 8 feet. Up the right side I had small numerals 0 through 8,<br>
while on the left side I had numerals 8 through 0. Like I say, it<br>
worked well.<br>
<br>
It would take a lot of work, but the Inkscape developers could make it<br>
much easier by creating a ruler tool. As I envision it, the ruler<br>
tool would have a way to define crosshair/numeral spacing, and would<br>
automatically number both sides as I described. Lengthening the ruler<br>
wouldn&#39;t widen the spacing, it would just create more<br>
crosshairs/numerals. It would act kind of like a tape measure. <br>
<br>
Perhaps you can right click somewhere and choose &quot;tape measure&quot;, =
then<br>
left click where you want the other end. You can left click either end<br>
to change its position. You can right click either end and choose<br>
&quot;Leave construction mark&quot;, and it will place a thin, eraseable X =
there.<br>
Right clicking anywhere on the tape measure bestows an additional<br>
choice called &quot;Scale tape measure&quot;, which brings up a dialog box<=
br>
showing how many centimeters, millimeters, inches etc, represents how<br>
many meters, feet, etc, and changes the spacing, which is sticky<br>
with respect to the drawing so you don&#39;t have to keep doing it, and if<=
br>
you alternate between two drawings, you don&#39;t have to keep changing it.=
<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
SteveT<br>
<br>
Steve Litt<br>
November 2019 featured book: Manager&#39;s Guide to Technical<br>
Troubleshooting Second edition<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer=
" target=3D"_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr</a><br>
<br>
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