Creating your own shapes only takes xml, but creating your own objects with tailored properties will involve C++ coding, which is very prohibiting.
Is my understanding correct? On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>wrote: > Norbert, the best thing of all with Dia, you can make what you want in a > shape. If you want a bounding box around a particular shape you can likely > make it yourself. Once you figure that out, you can probably reproduce it > easily for other shapes. > > You can even create your own properties to go with it, maybe make the > background and outline of the bounding box changeable. > > Warning: I say, maybe, because I don't mess around with shape creation, > so I don't have firsthand experience, many others here do. > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:25 AM, DEWI - N. Zacharias > <n.zachar...@dewi.de>wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> thanks for this quick reply ! >> >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Dipl. 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September 2013 17:12 >> >An: discussions about usage and development of dia >> >Betreff: Re: Scaling multiply Objects to same size >> > >> >Hi Norbert, >> > >> >I am not quite sure whether you mean "object" to be what we call shapes, >> >or groups of entities (shapes and tools), or the just the tools, like >> >ellipse, text and rectangle. There is a lot of variety and the shapes >> >have come into being over many years, so there is a certain lack of >> >uniformity in their properties. >> >> Oops, Ok I thought that the "Objects" are similar to the Xfig objects. >> Which means regarding scaling there is no difference because every object >> has a "bounding box" >> >> >The Dia methods also have more freeform qualities than a CAD system, for >> >example. It is sometimes hard to get exactly what you want without >> >creating your own personal shapes. Dia is, if nothing else, very open >> >and flexible. Sometimes this is less efficient. >> >> That's true for almost everything in live ;-) >> >> >When I seek a uniformity of scale for shapes (created by many different >> >volunteers for differing purposes and with different opinions about how >> >they should be) I will use copy and paste to get multiple instances of >> >an exact appearance. I may even group an individual shape ti prevent >> >inadvertently changing the size of it. >> >> In this special case it was the "decision" object from flow chart. This >> object changes its size regarding to its text. >> But if you have some more of this it looks much nicer if they have the >> same size. >> >> >With the tools, like Text for instance, if you double click on the tool >> >icon, you will get a window that is the default properties. If you set >> >the font to be 48pts there, then the next time you call for text it will >> >be 48pts. This will persist into the next session of Dia. >> >> That is not the problem. It would be nice if every object has its own >> "bounding box" (as mentioned above) for which its height and width can be >> set using the property editor. (like XFig) >> >> >Please, ask further question and be a little more specific. Exact >> >examples are good to make sure the right issue is addressed. >> >> I tell my colleagues this all the time so shame on me. I promise to be >> more specific next time. :) >> >> Thanks again >> >> Norbert >> > >> >Mike >> > >> > >> >On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:36 AM, DEWI - N. Zacharias >> ><n.zachar...@dewi.de> wrote: >> >Hi all, >> > >> >I'm new to Dia and it looks good at the first glance. But there is one >> >issue which bothers me. >> >I have some objects and I want to set them to the same size which is the >> >size of the biggest object. >> >At the moment I only able to do this by select object by object and >> >scale them manually. >> >Also it is not possible to enter the size in the property editor (like >> >in xfig) >> > >> >It would be very helpful if someone can show me how to scale the >> >selected objects at once (like using the align menue) If this is not >> >possible at the moment please take this as a feature request. >> > >> >Thanks and have a good time >> >Norbert >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >-- >> >Dipl. 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