Hello List,
I am working on a 34 page document which identical. I need to edit transparency on on a curve on page 1, 7, 14, 21, 28 - then the same on different curve on 2, 8. 15, 22, 29 and so on. Yes I know about layers but in this situation working with 32 layers in Coreldraw....... shoot me first!! Shame Coreldraw doesn't have a simple drop down menu for layers like AutoCAD.
Its neon that has sections fading in and out.
Thanks!!
Cool, I'll check that out, thanks!
I have worked out a round about way to do this. I set two vertical guidelines and use the dimension tool to get the distance between them. Then in my drawing I drag the guidelines to the either side of what I want to measure as I am doing right now.
I dragged the left guideline to the new position and the dimension gives me the distance
I work in metric whenever I can even though I am in America. I lived overseas for 33 years and it took me less than 10 minutes to work with metric measurements...its damn easy!
Cheers
I agree that it may make sense to choose different tools based on what you are trying to accomplish.
I have a layer management macro (not on my blog at this time) that makes it easier to see the status of multiple layers, and allows status (Visible/Printable/Editable) and Wireframe view status to be changed for multiple layers in a single operation.
It can also save and restore status information for multiple layers. So, if you have set up properties for multiple layers in a particular way, you can take a "snapshot" of that status information and then restore it later.
Thanks! Where can I get this macro? I will have to check it out.
If CorelDRAW was able to export to AutoCAD without everything being in SPLINES I would be as happy as Larry and so would many others. You can import an AutoCAD drawing as lines but going the other way its all splines.
Please contact me through the forum messaging system, and provide an e-mail where I can reach you.
I don't have documentation, demonstration videos, etc. for that macro, but you are welcome to use it, and I will be happy to answer questions.
I agree that, for some users, CorelDRAW is "CAD-like" enough that it comes very close to doing everything they need. Sadly, their DXF/DWG export is weak. Some people use third-party tools for that.
I think you need to look at symbols for this. You create a master object on the first page it appears on, give it a name to reflect its status then save it as a symbol and place separate instances of this object on the pages you need it on.
There are drawbacks to this however. A symbol can be placed independantly to the master (there is no master actually, edit any one of the instances and they all update, thats why you need to name one 'Master' for your own sanity) So any move, scaling, rotation etc will be independant i.e not all instances will move, scale etc. So, whether this will be useful depends on this restriction.
If you absolutely must have every instance reflect the changes you make to one master object then you will need to use clones. However there are restrictions that govern the behaviour of clones. If you make any change to a clone, then that property is no longer linked to the master. Other properties will still update with changes to the Master. Position is never linked, if you want to have all clones move with the master then you need to select all Master nodes with the Shape Tool and omve them that way. .
Beware, clones can be buggy so I'd recommend keeping them very simple objects. Do not clone groups if you can possibly avoid it, if you can't avoid it be prepared for grief.