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Virtual Drafting Compass
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Thanks rich2005. What I had in mind was something like a program called Robocompass, but with a compass and straight edge that could be snapped to grid for ease of use. It would be similar to using a real compass and straight edge.
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(04-17-2018, 07:26 AM)rich2005 Wrote: @Quartz66  Ignore my previous post, too much using CAD application yesterday and thinking X - Y - Z coordinates.

As well as Ofnuts plugin a couple of others, both using paths

An old script but will get the shapes out onto your canvas http://registry.gimp.org/node/59

More recent: http://www.arakne.es/en/programming/pyth...reator-v8/

The great thing about paths is they can be scaled and moved relatively easily. Downside is, once 'painted' (stroked) the painted bit is fixed and further editing usually involved erasing.

For geometric design you might want to consider the vector application Inkscape, do the basics in that, then finish off in Gimp.

I found this which is close to what I had in mind. https://www.geogebra.org/m/drQBGMQn
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Messages In This Thread
Virtual Drafting Compass - by Quartz66 - 04-16-2018, 04:22 PM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by rich2005 - 04-16-2018, 06:51 PM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by Blighty - 04-16-2018, 07:57 PM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by Quartz66 - 04-16-2018, 08:41 PM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by Ofnuts - 04-16-2018, 09:18 PM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by rich2005 - 04-17-2018, 07:26 AM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by Quartz66 - 04-18-2018, 04:16 AM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by rich2005 - 04-18-2018, 07:30 AM
RE: Virtual Drafting Compass - by Quartz66 - 04-18-2018, 07:26 PM

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