Way back in X4 (which I continued to use until recently), I could select (Shift-click) 2 guidelines and the distance between them could be seen in the box at the top. Now with 2018, that doesn't work and can not find any settings that allow it. The box just remains grayed out. This is causing a great deal of pain over here because this function is badly needed. I played with the dimensioning tool but it doesn't really take the place of the function that I seem to have lost. Can anybody please help?
TIA
Another thing to keep in mind is that many of the numbers shown in the UI are referenced to the origin of the rulers, and that it is easy to change the location of that origin by dragging from the location where the horizontal and vertical rulers meet.
Snap that to some particular point in a drawing, and those numbers - e.g., the positions of objects, including guidelines - are then reported relative to that point.
So, that's another way to carry out some types of measurements.
Quacker said:This is causing a great deal of pain over here because this function is badly needed.
Are you running the full version of CorelDRAW (i.e., not the Home and Student version)? If so, then a VBA macro might address this need.
I wrote a VBA macro that displays the distance between two selected parallel guidelines.
VIDEO: Guides Distance demo 01
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Great work! It may not be everything I need, but it may provide enough to keep me from jumping ship. Where can I grab a copy?
I've added a post for that macro to my blog:
#17: Macro - "Guides Distance".
Thanks Sooooo much! It runs beautifully! Is this still an active project for you? If so, I have a wish...
Would it be possible for you show both X and Y readouts simultaneously if both are selected? Else a switch on the popup that toggles between them?
Please feel free to say "no." Just asking.
Thanks again!