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Suggest new models for positioning and resizing objects in Inkscape

Registered by Gabriel Guerreiro

Suggest new models for positioning and resizing objects in Inkscape.

This is useful because it is easier to build a document from top to bottom, enter values for coordinates and sizes and know exactly how the code will

Sorry for my English! I'm beginning!

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
jazzynico
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
Gabriel Guerreiro
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Drafting
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None

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[2010-12-28 ~suv]
> it is easier to build a document from top to bottom
This depends on the use case - technical drawing for example largely depends on a normal oriented Cartesian coordinate system, using the 1. quadrant as drawing area.

The main part of your specification is a known issue and work-in-progress, see
Bug #170049 “Inverted ruler co-ordinate system”
and for a configurable GUI coord system
Bug #170347 “ability to set coordinate origin”
Bug #171488 “User-defined coordinate system”

See <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:BlueprintNewMethodForResizingAndPositioning> about the second part of your proposal (transform handles - do not to consider the thickness of the edge).

@JazzyNico - can we merge blueprints? <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/move-point-of-origin> seems related, possibly others I missed?

[2012-06-25 jazzynico]
@~suv - blueprint merged and reports linked.

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