info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/26/84)
Date: 21 Apr 1984 1640-EST From: uw-beaver!DEUFEL@DEC-MARLBORO To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX Subject: MacPaint Question Can someone tell me how to get the 'GRID' to work in MacPaint? I have tried selecting it in combination with most of the options available selected at one time or another with no success. Can someone give a quick summary of how to invoke the GRID feature and in what ways it manafests itself? Thanks, -Abdul- PS. For some interesting pattern generstion try putting a few dots on a blank MacPaint screen, select the whole screen (double click the selection rectangle), and type COMMAND-E (Trace Edges) multiple times or until the screen fills. --------
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/26/84)
Date: Tue 24 Apr 84 19:53:51-MST From: Robert R. Kessler <uw-beaver!KESSLER@UTAH-20.ARPA> Subject: Re: MacPaint Question To: DEUFEL@DEC-MARLBORO.ARPA Cc: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA In-Reply-To: Message from "DEUFEL at DEC-MARLBORO" of Sat 21 Apr 84 14:40:00-MST GRID is used to constrain the cursor in "GRID" increments. When you turn on Grid, you will notice that when you select shapes, the paint brush (I think), etc. the cursor moves in short bounces, instead of a pixel at a time. It is fairly useful for making objects line up. Bob. -------
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/27/84)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 84 07:50 PST From: uw-beaver!Piersol.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA Subject: Re: MacPaint Question In-Reply-To: <"MS10(2124)+GLXLIB1(1136)" 12009315441.15.385.9642 at DEC-MARLBORO> To: DEUFEL@DEC-MARLBORO.ARPA Cc: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA If your MacPaint is working correctly, the effects of grid should be obvious. Whenever the check appears beside grid on the menu, the following effects should be noticeable: 1. In the rectangle selection mode, the endpoints you can chose are only allowed to map to the grid points. The grid points appear to be exactly eight pixels apart. 2. When drawing lines, the endpoints are only allowed to fall on grid nodes. 3. In any mode where framing is based on rectangles or endpoints must be specified, these points get mapped to a grid node. The ellipse, rectangle, and polygon modes all exhibit this behavior. If you don't notice these effects, then you have a different version than I. I have used grid extensively and had no problems with it. Kurt
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/27/84)
Date: 26 Apr 84 11:12:29 PST (Thursday) From: uw-beaver!LSmith.PASA@XEROX.ARPA Subject: Re: MacPaint Question In-Reply-To: Piersol's message of Wed, 25 Apr 84 07:50 PST To: Piersol.PASA@XEROX.ARPA Cc: DEUFEL@DEC-MARLBORO.ARPA, INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA Kurt: re: Grid in MacPaint - "In the rectangle selection mode, the endpoints you can chose are only allowed to map to the grid points. The grid points appear to be exactly eight pixels apart." Do you (or anyone else out there) know of a way to change the grid spacing in MacPaint? Leigh
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/27/84)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 84 16:43:38 pst From: uw-beaver!dsfitz%ucbmiro@Berkeley (David S. Fitzgerald) To: DEUFEL@DEC-MARLBORO.ARPA, Piersol.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA Subject: Re: MacPaint Question Cc: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA What effect does the grid have on text? Does it only permit the bottom pixels of the characters to lie on grid "lines"? If so, this would be useful when trying to line up text with drawings in MacPaint. I haven't been able to do this effectively. Dave Fitzgerald dsfitz@BERKELEY
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/28/84)
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 84 09:24 PST From: uw-beaver!Piersol.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA Subject: Re: MacPaint Question In-Reply-To: "LSmith's message of 26 Apr 84 11:12:29 PST (Thursday)" To: LSmith.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA Cc: Piersol.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA, DEUFEL@DEC-MARLBORO.ARPA, INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA I have found no method for altering grid distance, although this would be nice. (Think about it for MacDraw, Apple folks!) I have been able to get around this by judiciously toggling the grid mode when it gets in the way. When text is placed in grid mode it seems to place the top left corner on a grid node, rather than the bottom left. It will line up this way, though, just as well as the other. Kurt
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/28/84)
Date: Fri 27 Apr 84 09:50:41-PST From: Ed Pattermann <uw-beaver!PATTERMANN@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> Subject: Re: MacPaint Question To: Piersol.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA Cc: LSmith.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA, DEUFEL@DEC-MARLBORO.ARPA, INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA In-Reply-To: Message from "Piersol.Pasa@XEROX.ARPA" of Fri 27 Apr 84 09:45:14-PST MACdraw does allow you to vary the grid spacing. You essentially can design your own custom ruler in inches or centimeters, and can specify the number of major markings and minor markings to use in the ruler. The number of minor markings then determines the grid spacings. The rulers can be visible or nonvisible. I have been using a pre-release of MACdraw quite extensively of late, and for the things I have been I doing, like machine room diagrams, floor plans, and other technical drawings, I just couldn't do without it. It's an excellent program. I'll post a more detailed review when I get a chance. -- Ed -------