Re: Proportional line width, precise anchor points

William Van Hecke wrote:
> The idea is to make a table whose cells are the heights of the lines  
> you want coming in to the object, and hide that table behind the  
> object. Whenever you adjust a line's thickness, also adjust the height  
> of the table cell it connects to. It's a little bit of work, but it  
> should keep your lines properly spaced.

That's a pretty neat solution to the problem.  I think it'll do what I'm 
looking for.

> Note that if the connected point is the starting (red) point of the  
> line, you can hold Shift while moving the next point to make sure it  
> creates a perfectly horizontal angle. Then you can hit the Reverse  
> button in the Lines and Shapes inspector to flip the points and do the  
> other side. It's kind of hard to explain, but I hope you get what I  
> mean.

Not sure I follow that part completely, but I'll give it a shot and see 
if I can learn from experience.

> I hope that is helpful to you!

Definitely.  Thanks for your time.

-Sean

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Sean Ahern
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