-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Maximilian Albert
- Geometric constructions/tech drawing (surprisingly,
totally unrelated to 3D boxes :)). I occasionally used Inkscape to illustrate geometric constructions. In this context it is often necessary to do things like the following:
- drop a perpendicular to a given line through a given point
- bisect the angle between two lines
- draw a circle through three given points
- ... etc.
- when the underlying objects are altered, the objects which were constructed from them should be adapted accordingly (e.g., the circle should be resized so that it still passes through
the given three points, etc.).
I know that there exists special-purpose software to do these kinds of things but I can imagine that a lot of people (architects maybe?) would appreciate decent support for this in Inkscape, too (when I find the time I will have a look if LaunchPad already has RFEs in this direction).
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Regarding 4), I don't know. Is this a direction Inkscape would like to go at all? If so, to which extent? How would these constructions work UI-wise? This is the area I have least thought about. Nonetheless I'd be delighted to work on it if it is desired.
I would like that very much! I use Inkscape for all my "tech" drawings; I actually used it to roughly design an etching mask, which was then redrawn in a mask drawing program. Inkscape is so easy to use that it is very handy in quickly making things, dragging stuff around etc. Perhaps there is special software, but I think Inkscape could have the features you propose just as well!!! (note that I made the 3D grid especially for this purpose :) ) For example: I'd like to indeed be able to draw a circle either as centerpoint with radius, circle through three points, etc... I think there is already an RFE for this.
Great! Johan