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- Newsgroups: comp.text.frame
- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!m2xenix!servio!daveb
- From: daveb@slc.com (David Barnes)
- Subject: Re: Drawing dashed lines
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.152944.12310@slc.com>
- Organization: Servio Corp, Beaverton Oregon, US
- References: <1992Aug14.084632.5078@stc.nato.int> <1992Aug15.154129.1455@informix.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:29:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug15.154129.1455@informix.com> cortesi@informix.com writes:
- >In article <1992Aug14.084632.5078@stc.nato.int> koelman@cuby.stc.nl (Ton
- >Koelman) writes:
- >>
- >> How do I draw dashed lines (3.0, NeXT)
- >> I hope it can be done...
- >
- >To a small extent. Select the line and then in the tools
- >window, select a "Pen" color that is a striped texture.
- >
- >This is the nearest approximation to a dashed line. It is
- >not really very good. You can make it work if your lines are
- >all at multiples of 45 degrees; however you must use a
- >different stripe pattern for each angle of line.
-
- Also, be warned that if you rotate your artwork the pen stripes do not
- rotate with their lines. Thus, with 90-degree rotation, perpendicular
- stripes become parallel, ruining the effect. Workarounds: anticipate
- the final orientation of the line and select the stripe pattern
- accordingly, or use 45-degree stripes.
-
- Those who need complex graphics use third-party tools. For those of
- us who can live with box-and-arrow diagrams, Frame's graphic tool is
- adequate in other respects. However, I should think the lack of
- support for line styles would be a bit embarrassing to Frame.
- Definitely a weak spot.
-
-