Hi Alex,
From: A.J. Carter [mailto:ajc200@...1930...] Sent: 2009 jan 16 12:13
it on the windows precompiled devlopment binary I downloaded a couple of days ago so I will try the linux version at the weekend.
It's in the windows nightly build that I've tested this morning. Don't know about previous builds.
I wondered if it was still intended to use the shape of the 'snap indicator' (like corel) to show what modes of snapping are active with or without a tooltip to say it (endpoint, midpoint ...).
Yes, someday we will have it like that. The snapping mechanism already has been prepared for this, it's only a matter of changing the shape of the indicator. I already had a look at this, but I'm not sure about the effort this would require though. Currently we're using a stock indicator, which should be replaced by a custom indicator.
Is there a RFE filed for this on Launchpad? I'm not sure, but this would we good to have.
I'm know you've tried corel now, and I think the shapes they use a more intuitive to a new user than those autocad uses:
The icons on our snapping toolbar are even more intuitive, well at least that's my (heavily prejudiced) opinion. We probably cannot use those though for the snap indicator because you might not recognize them when they're that small.
Diederik