Bryce,
Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I'll give them a try. Is there any plans to enable node-to-node snapping in future versions of Inkscape? I would love to help with the design, but I only know a little Java, and not any C++. I think this would be a very helpful feature. It would also be great if you could specify coordinates for each node of a shape/path or line. Although I know Inkscape is not a CAD program, these features would allow some more "precise" drawing.
Thanks Again,
Landon
-----Original Message----- From: Bryce Harrington [mailto:bryce@...69...] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:53 AM To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Snapping to the Grid
Okay, I've played around with it at these settings and I think I see what you're experiencing. The snapping does seem to be working, but you may need to play with the settings.
First, try zooming in a bunch. You'll notice that at the most zoomed-out level, it doesn't display every grid line but rather every tenth or whatever, so sometimes it may be snapping but you can't tell since you don't see the lines its snapping to. I zoomed in about 2000% to check that things actually were snapping. So you may want to try a larger X/Y spacing.
Next, check if your Snap units are in px. If so, then note that this is screen coordinates (I think), so if you have it set to <1, this essentially disables snapping since it'll snap to any pixel on your screen. I usually like to set it to 5 for 'loose' snapping, or 10-20 for more aggressive snaps.
Good luck, Bryce
On Thu, 6 May 2004, Landon Blake wrote:
Inkscape Users,
I'm not sure if this went through the first time, so I thought I would try again. Please accept my apologies if this is a duplicate post. I'm having some trouble using the "snap to grid" feature. I checked "snap to grid" in the document options dialog, and set my grid spacing to 0.25 inch. My snap distance was set to 0.20. I played with some different snap distances, but I can't seem to get the nodes of any paths or shapes to snap to the grid. Any suggestions? Also, is there any way to specify the coordinates of a node?
Thanks,
Landon Blake
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