- Status Assigned
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Suggestion
- Category QCAD (main)
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Assigned To
Andrew - Operating System All
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version 3.29.4
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
Undecided
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- Private
FS#2536 - The little circle that shows the error location when using the hash tool is too easy to miss.
I was having some problems getting some shapes to fill with a solid fill and was frustrated by the awkward numeric coordinate it was giving me for where the error (the disconnected shape points) were, until I fortunately noticed that a tiny pale circle appears around the point where the error is for about just 1 second.
This is a very helpful error indicator circle but is far too easy to miss.
Perhaps making it last longer (or letting the user control that) would be beneficial.
I also wonder if showing multiple such circles (when they exist, as they did in the piece I was working on) at the same time or having that as a UI option would be good.
Anyway, goodnight all!
WraithGlade,
Hatch from selection (HA) or Hatch from Segments (HS)
As conceived with HA only one is possible, the first encountered.
It isn't displayed for just 1 second ... Don't move your cursor.
Regards,
CVH
Oh! Thank you for the tip!
I had no idea that the circle was displayed perpetually until you move the mouse!
That's a good design choice, though it could be communicated more clearly to the user or perhaps documented in the hash tools so that people don't miss it when looking up info in the reference manual.
I also didn't realize that the Hash Segments tool was substantively different like this besides the fact that it was based on segment clicking.
I had earlier been trying to feel adjacent regions that weren't closed polyline objects and was having trouble with that and didn't realize that Hash Segments can work around that issue! Very helpful!