In the process of checking this our, I discovered a forgotten feature of the Rotate tool. Holding the shift key down while it is active turns the cursor into a cross hair that allows you to click and specify the rotation point. I guess this is why we need documentation. I have added this tip to the wiki.
Larry On Nov 7, 2007 5:40 PM, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >yep .. could be done, although i am using it quite often :) > > Yea, me too. Sigh. SkyJUMP has a solution for this problem too. It has > a section on the menu that caches the last three executed commands so that > everything is always handy the second time you do it. > > Hi Michaël, haven't heard from you for a while. The use case I'm really > solving happens quite a bit in the facilities-management-like environment > that we work in. Say that you are planning to build some new facilities and > you import a nice looking floor plan from CAD (thanks to your DXF plugin). > Of course, since it is a CAD drawing, it is nowhere in the real world so you > have to move it. It would be great to cut it, zoom to the proper location, > paste it to the point that you right-click on. Then since you don't control > exactly what point it pasts at, you get the move tool automatically to > adjust it (and perhaps rotate too). Then you click at another point and > paste for the second facility and so on... > > regards, > > Larry > > > On Nov 7, 2007 5:01 PM, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Larry Becker schrieb: > > > I worry about overloading the context menus too. Actually, the view > > context > > > menu is not too bad (just 21 entries). The layer name context menu is > > where > > > it gets crowded (33 items, counting separators). > > > > > > I guess Peppe's original point was to keep paste together with copy. > > Also > > > the new idea is to "Paste items at Click Point" which, like the Rotate > > menu > > > item, needs to be a right click entry. > > > > mhm.. rotation yes.. but i am not sure about "paste on point".. > > > > > > Regarding the clutter on the layer name menu, the recently added > > Extract > > > options could be moved to the Layer main menu. We could also reduce > > some of > > > the duplication like "Select Current Layer Items" which is a duplicate > > of > > > Edit->Select Layer Items. > > > > yep .. could be done, although i am using it quite often :) > > > > > > > > just a thought, > > > > > > Larry > > > On Nov 7, 2007 4:02 PM, Stefan Steiniger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> sounds pretty easy? > > >> well.. you are the expert :) > > >> > > >> but we may consider it not to move to the mouse menu but to a > > "normal" > > >> menu.. because I already become the feeling it becomes to heavy.. the > > >> menu (just a thought) > > >> would be cool to have submenus for the mouse (or maybe not ;) > > >> > > >> stefan > > >> > > >> Larry Becker schrieb: > > >>> I talked it over with my internal users and they added a few things > > to > > >> the > > >>> wish list. They really want to be able to select some existing > > >> features, > > >>> paste them into a layer, have the newly pasted features become the > > new > > >>> selection, and automatically invoke the move tool so that they can > > do > > >> fine > > >>> adjustments. Rotation is also sometimes necessary, so a move tool > > that > > >>> becomes a rotate tool when the shift key is held down would be a > > plus. > > >> All > > >>> of this still sounds pretty easy. > > >>> > > >>> Larry > > >>> > > >>> On Nov 7, 2007 3:29 PM, Stefan Steiniger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> yes.. > > >>>> > > >>>> seems like something what will improve usability for people making > > maps > > >> :) > > >>>> stefan > > >>>> > > >>>> Larry Becker schrieb: > > >>>>> Hi Peppe, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I know SkyJUMP's users would like to have a "Paste at Cursor" > > >>>> function. > > >>>>> Seems like a simple thing to implement, but very useful. I'll add > > it > > >> to > > >>>> my > > >>>>> TODO list. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> You occasionally have some pretty good ideas! > > >>>>> > > >>>>> regards, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Larry > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Nov 7, 2007 2:03 PM, Giuseppe Aruta < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> wrote: > > >>>>>> Hi all, > > >>>>>> I found very useful the copy/move/past tools to > > >>>>>> populate a map with complex objects which I have to > > >>>>>> use as point symbols. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I wander if it is possible to have a tool (on layer > > >>>>>> view menu) like "Paste (selected items) to these > > >>>>>> coordinates" (the coordinates of the mouse arrow) > > >>>>>> which probabily makes everything easier > > >>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Peppe > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> ___________________________________ > > >>>>>> L'email della prossima generazione? 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