On 9/7/05, Erik <kaver@...45...> wrote:
What I, and I presume Paul want to do is plot surveys like the following: A simple example is
Point Point Distance (metres) Bearing (degrees) A B 60 7 B C 80 45 C D 85 133 D E 100 35 E F 27 345
We want to plot A->B and then B->C etc to the end of the series.
A->B Draw the leg vertically. How do I specify or read the length of the leg as I am drawing it? I can check and adjust it afterwards but it would help to have an indication as I am drawing?
OK, I just committed something to help doing exactly this:
In Pen tool, while you are drawing a path, the statusbar displays the distance and angle of the current mouse point from the last created node of the path. This makes it easy to create a path from the given lengths and angles of linear segments.
So, to make a path from this table, you just switch to Shift+F6, click in the initial point, move mouse watching the statusbar until you get "distance 60, angle 7", click to create the second node, move mouse to get "distance 80, angle 45", click again, etc. If your angles are always multiples of e.g. 1 or 5 degrees, go to Inkscape Preferences, Steps tab, and select that value in "Rotation snaps", then in Pen tool move mouse with Ctrl pressed to snap the angle.
Please try out the latest CVS and let me know if this solves your problem.