Hi, I'd like inquire about some features.
The clone tool:
First of all, it reminds me of Geometer's Sketchpad...a program I used while in high school to make complex geometric drawings. It would be nice if Inkscape implemented some features of Geometer's Sketchpad as, IMHO, it would make drawing easier.
When I think of "clone", I think "indistinguishable." As a user, it doesn't make any sense that the original object has properties that the clone does not...namely, if I rotate the original object, then the clone will rotate...but if I rotate the clone, the original will not rotate.
It seems the the current clone implementation is more like a "copycat" or "leader/follower" type relationship. It would be nice if Inkscape allowed for BOTH mechanisms: copycat and clone.
When you do copycat, the copies will mimic the original, but the original will not mimic the copy. When you do clone, either object will mimic the other object since they are indistinguishable.
--- Geometer's Sketchpad has a feature where you could add a "point". Let me give an example of how this was used:
You create a circle. You add a "point" to the circle. This point is linked to the circle. If you move the cirlce, the point moves with the circle. Additionally, the point can be moved, but its movement is constrained to the circle. Suppose I make a smaller circle using the point as the origin. This smaller circle is now linked to the point. Thus, if I dragged the point along the bigger circle, I would also be dragging the smaller circle around the circle.
This feature would be very nice to have. Suppose I made a curved line. I could add a point to the line, and then I could create another object using that point. Moving the point (along the curved line) would move the object that was created from the point.
These 'points' are VERY powerful tools.
---- In Geometer's Sketchpad, one had the ability to clone-reflect an object about a line. Upon doing so, there would be two indistinguishably, linked objects. If you moved one object closer to the reflection line, then the other object would move closer to the reflection line. Notice, it didn't matter which object you chose to move. This would be a VERY NICE feature in Inkscape...and I think it is pretty clear how useful it could be.
--- Often, I find that I want to rotate many different objects about the same point...but not necessary all at once. This means, that I need strict placement of the roatation point---as any difference is usually noticable. When dragging the cursor, the coordinates are show in the status bar, but is it possible to exactly specify the coordinates?
--- Geometer's Sketchpad also allowed you to draw perpendicular lines....or draw bisecting angles....or make a midpoint between two points. I believe these will be taken care of when Inkscape implements snapping to objects (please correct me if I am wrong). Corel Draw currently supports this. You can snap to the center of an object, the midpoint of a line, to a quadrant, and to a node.
Anyway, this is a wonderful program.
Thanks.
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