Re: Connecting lines to lines.

On 3 Jun 2010, at 17:09, Michael Tiernan wrote:

> On 6/3/10 9:45 AM, Elliott Roper wrote:
>> That was a fun challenge.
> Glad you enjoyed it! :)
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> Your message sent me back to the drawing board.... canvas and I did =
some experiments.
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> I think what I want to do is worded wrong.
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> I *think* what I am trying to ask for is "How do I add a magnet to an =
object (stroke or shape) so that the magnet 'snaps to grid' for its =
location?"
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> Now, I can draw a stroke and tie the small strokes off it together =
which will allow me to select the connected points and move them forward =
or backwards together. (Which *may* solve my problem.)
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Yep, that sort-of works, but there is nothing to grab onto the =
intersection and it falls apart rather easily with more than two lines =
at a point.

A very sideways look at the problem might be to use very small shapes as =
glue blobs on the end of line segments. (Your "magnet" is the shape) If =
you specify "no magnets" and use the centre of the shape as the grid =
snapping point it works quite neatly. I suggest you choose a circle for =
the shape, draw while it is set to a manageable size, then shrink the =
lot so the diameter =3D=3D line width, line colour as fill colour and no =
line width for the shape in one hit using the canvas -> selection tool =
when you are ready to publish.

Remember all those molecular models you made in Chemistry 101?

Elliott Roper