Hello PythonCADsters --
I downloaded PythonCAD (release 25) a couple of days ago and have been
playing with it since then. I have been looking for a good 2D
drafting package for a while, and PythonCAD seems to fit the bill!
Great work! I have previously checked out QCad, and have rejected it
for
Hi --
> Having keyboard shortcuts for accessing things could definitely be
> handy, especially for people familiar with other CAD packages that
> offered this sort of use. I suspect that adding the mnemonics is
> mostly a matter of adding underscore characters to the appropriate
> argument in the
[. . . snip! . . . ]
> > Other random notes:
> >
> > * Selection mechanism: It would be nice if you could just click on
> > an object (rather than doing "edit -> select") to select it. Are
> > there any objections to that behavior?
>
> Allowing this behavior depends on how it is implemented
Hi --
I have been continuing to study PythonCAD so that I can make more
changes/improvements. To this end I have added more stuff to my pseudo-UML
class diagram. Please find a .pdf copy of the diagram attached. If anybody
wants the original Dia file, let me know and I will post it.
Art -- Does
Hi PythonCADsters --
I have made some mods to PythonCAD in order to implement highlighting
after selection. That is, my mods change PythonCAD's behavior so that
when you select a graphic object, it turns white. This sees to be the
desired behavior for selection. I have submitted the patches to
Hi Guys --
I did a little more work on PythonCAD over the weekend. In
particular, I did two things:
1. I fixed a bug which was causing a segfault (yes -- Python itself
died) when importing an image. I will send a quick patch to Art
separately.
2. I created a 1:1 scale titleblock drawing for
Hi guys --
I look forward to Art's return since I have a number of things to take
up with him. Art, hurry back!
One question for now is this: Does PythonCAD have the concept of
drawing scale? That is, if I want to create a drawing with 100:1
scale (supposing I want to draw a bridge on 11x17 p
> >As you note there hasn't been any menu/dialog created to adjust the
> >drawing scale, so by default everything is 1:1. In addition to cooking
> >up a dialog for setting the scale, I'd like to have the scale factor
> >being displayed all the time on the drawing window.
>
> Does the scale affect
> I was just checking the usability of pythoncad for drafting
> a wall-bed, (tilts into the wall to stow away). I read about
> a suggestion to make the line thickness 0.01 if the basic dim is inches,
> and am not getting any response to that pref menu item. It's always
> as it was on opening a t
Hi Art --
I'm glad to hear that you are getting set up again after the tragedy
in New Orleans & surrounding area! I haven't done
anything with PythonCAD recently either. However, I have a few
questions:
* Apropos highlighting: In light of our recent back and forth about
signal sending and
Art --
> Hi.
>
> I fiddled around a bit yesterday evening and added the first take at
> 'clever stuff' to do the highlighting. I've attached my patch below.
> When an entity is selected, it is redrawn with the color '#ff7733',
> which is somewhat orangish. This patch is not commited yet, by the w
Art --
Please find my patch attached. The diff was done against the version
in SVN. The patch incorporates your changes as well as my change to
the gtkimage:reset fcn. The purpose of the change is to implement my
preferred behavior for highlighting when you hit the key.
Try it out; maybe you'
Hi Art --
I just grabbed the latest out of SVN (ver 2041). I like the way it
works. Very nice -- thank you!
One minor buglet: If I select an individual graphic element (e.g. a
segment), selecting works fine. If I do a region select, I don't get
the "Click on the items you want to select" mes
Art --
> The layer display should allow you to use the arrow keys to select which
> layer is active, as well as selecting the active layer by typing it.
> Also, when using the arrow keys, pressing the 'shift' key allows you to
> collapse or expand the displayed layer list. All these features came
Art and PythonCADsters --
I've been silent for a while! Thanks for the most recent release of
PythonCAD!
I have recently had a little time to do some hacking on PythonCAD. In
particular, I have implemented the following two changes:
1. I have long wanted to move objects on the following way:
Art --
> The current move behavior, that is the distance specification prior to
> the entity specification, was how I remember doing move operations
> in ME-10. As you point out, this approach is inconsistent with other
> PythonCAD operations, and in many cases the reverse procedure in how
> other
Wilbert --
> On Saturday 10 December 2005 08:09, Stuart Brorson wrote:
>
> > I have modified only the "modify -> move -> move horizontal" action
> > to work in my preferred way.
>
> > Note that I had to make one architectural change to make "s
Hi --
> > but I'd like to hear from
> > people familiar with other CAD packages, particularly AutoCAD, how
> > similar operations are performed. Does the program require you to select
> > entities first, or do you start some move command mode and then specify
> > which entities will be moved?
>
Hi Art --
I've updated svn and tried out the changes. They work great! I am
very happy with PythonCAD's new behavior. Thanks!
I haven't had time to create any PythonCAD patches recently, and am
currently occupied with other tasks, but I intend to start
contributing again when things calm down
Hi --
> Suppose we have a segment S and its two endpoints P1 and P2. These three
> objects are in some layer, and now I decide to transfer either of the
> points to another layer. As both endpoints of the segment must be in
> the same layer as the segment itself, what should be the expected way to
>
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:43:25PM -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> > Hi --
> >
> > > Suppose we have a segment S and its two endpoints P1 and P2. These three
> > > objects are in some layer, and now I decide to transfer either of the
> > > poin
> > I must somehow agree here. I remember looking at the code more
> > closely a while ago. Initially I applauded the separation. But then
> > I discovered that the core/engine/whatever was too much linked with
> > the GUI. Specifically I remember the menu layout being specified in
> > the GUI-
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