Ian
Symons
ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au

15
Jan 2014

dev@openoffice.apache.org

RE:
Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw

Hello,

The
following suggestions generally have work around solutions, however
performing such is a real pain when these are common actions.

1.
Re
the ruler on the left side, please orientate the numbers
horizontally.
The
vertical numbering blends together and is unreadable.

2.
Re
Snap Lines, Snap Points and Grid
a.
It
is a common error that when positioning lines and shapes that the
Snap Line or Snap Point is accidentally moved slightly.
This
is often not noticed immediately.
Please
provide an option to lock these Snaps into their set position.

b.
It
would also be nice when dragging such Snaps that the X-Y co-ordinates
are displayed during the dragging, and displayed for say 1 second
after the mouse button is released.
It
provides confirmation to the user that the setting was not altered
upon releasing the mouse button.

c.
It
would be very good if the Snaps could be grouped with an object and:

d.
that
upon copying and pasting onto another page that those Snaps are also
retained (the position would be relative to where you placed the
group on the page).

e.
I
do not know if there is already a way to do this, but it would be a
big help if when dragging Snaps that they would snap to the selected
grid.  

f.
And
I do not see any way to specify the grid divisions.
Again,
this would be a help.

3.
Please
provide a line circular arc tool that lets you:
a. Specify the origin
(point of rotation)
b. Specify the radius
c. Specify the arc
begin angle
d. Specify the arc end
angle
e. Allows an option to
close the curve at the origin to create a segment

4.
Please
provide a line arc tool that lets you click on a line and convert it
to a circular arc – the point would appear at the centre of the
line and be dragged at a normal to the line
So
instead of Modify – To Curve you would also have Modify – To
Circular Curve

5.  
Please
provide an option to allow a line to be specified in two ways, shown
on the one dialog box
a. Origin, length and
angle
b. Begin point and end
point

6.
It
is a real major pain that intersecting lines cannot be selected and
fragmented at their intersecting point(s).
Please
fix this.

7.
Please
make it easy to add onto a line by clicking onto a line, selecting an
end point, then selecting a line tool (line, arc, polygon) and then
just use that line tool to extend the original line.

8.
Lastly,
I know this is not intended to be a 3D Cad program.
But
a few features would help.
a. Have the ability to
group several shapes before rotation.
b. When the 3D view
comes up, have buttons to select the front, top, bottom and side
views (a total of 6 views).
c. This is a big one –
some ability to edit 3D shapes

Thanks
everyone.
Best
regards,
Ian

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