RealCADD and iPocket Draw

Hi Eric A few tools don't seem to work: Arc by three points Circle by three points Spline tool Arc by diameter – works in isolation but not by attraction – e.g. you can't create an arc from the end of one line to the end of another, which you could before. I'm getting used to the new Tools layout :D...

Oh – now I've read it more – I see it's iPocketdraw not RealCADD – don't know if the answer I gave is good for that!

One of these days I'll get me an iPad ...

George

Hi Mike The simple answer is you can't – there isn't a radius dimension tool or a diameter dimension tool. The standard length dimension tool will measure a diameter – but won't give you a diameter symbol (ø or Ø, d or D). My Auto-size line script will do it – in metric or decimal US units (won't co...

Good Morning Eric The command line doesn't work with the Y axis inverted, it is perhaps why you have difficulty to use it. OK - that was indeed the problem I had a bit of trouble to start with – I was drawing objects, text etc with it but I couldn't find them! Then I realised they were enormous. I w...

Hi Eric I have to confess I have never used the command line and so I went and tried it – I don't understand how it works – I can't seem to make it do anything :? Can you explain a bit how it should work? RealCADD is slightly unusual in how it deals with the size of objects. You have to draw the obj...

Hi Mike You have to deselect "P" in the snap pallet for Tangent ("T") to work – just hit P on the keyboard will do it. Perpendicular seems to be a "dominant" snap. Tangents to a second circle would indeed be very much appreciated – as you say a "bicycle-chain"...

You're absolutely right Mike! As usual. What's the point of opening up a new dialogue when the Edit dialogue is already available to do the job. So why not use it to pre-define data rather than post-define it. As an aside I think it would be good if the two circle Edit pallets showed Radius or Diame...

Hi Eric This has been raised in earlier posts but I thought I would bring it up again. Do you think it would be a good idea to add a double-click to ovals and rectangles – specially those drawn from the centre? Then one could specify the radius etc before drawing the object. As of now if you draw a ...

Hi Eric

All looks great! No problems so far.

George

Hi Eric I hadn't thought about layers! The drawing I was using in the video had several layers, but only one was active and only that one was visible – so I was working on the active layer – but I didn't have "on active layer" checked. But I can now reproduce the problems on a new drawing,...