Hey!

Testing out the trial version of Stardraw to see if it will work for a project.  On the surface it looks great!

Couple things while testing.  If I build a rack and add gear, I can't see the rear panel details like the training videos show.  Also, if I save, then close Stardraw and reopen the file, the gear is in the inventory but I have to build racks again.  Are these bugs or trial version limitations?

Thanks!
Rich

Hi Rich,

If you draw a Cable thus; click (on Start connection point) and click (on End connection point), then it is represented as a straight line.  A single, straight line cannot arbitrarily add segments to itself if you later move the symbols to which it's connected.

However, if you use click+drag to draw a Cable, even a 'straight' one, then internally it has 3 segments - 2 horizontal and one vertical (with no length) - so if you later move a connected symbol then the vertical segment comes into play and stretches as necessary, keeping the start and end segments horizontal.  See the movie "Cable Tool", #04 at https://www.stardraw.com/sd7/movies

Regarding overlapping Cables; this is by design and Cables will not automatically change themselves to avoid overlapping.  We feel it is better for the user to decide how their drawing should look rather than have an algorithm attempt to do it automatically as things WILL go wrong (e.g. if there isn't enough room to automatically space such Cables).  Also, in many cases it is valid for Cables to overlap e.g. you're paralleling a connection or representing a multicore.


Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
Stardraw.com

+x

 

Rob Robinson - 9/17/2023 3:16:53 PM

Hi Rich,

If you draw a Cable thus; click (on Start connection point) and click (on End connection point), then it is represented as a straight line.  A single, straight line cannot arbitrarily add segments to itself if you later move the symbols to which it's connected.

However, if you use click+drag to draw a Cable, even a 'straight' one, then internally it has 3 segments - 2 horizontal and one vertical (with no length) - so if you later move a connected symbol then the vertical segment comes into play and stretches as necessary, keeping the start and end segments horizontal.  See the movie "Cable Tool", #04 at https://www.stardraw.com/sd7/movies

Regarding overlapping Cables; this is by design and Cables will not automatically change themselves to avoid overlapping.  We feel it is better for the user to decide how their drawing should look rather than have an algorithm attempt to do it automatically as things WILL go wrong (e.g. if there isn't enough room to automatically space such Cables).  Also, in many cases it is valid for Cables to overlap e.g. you're paralleling a connection or representing a multicore.

Just saw this, ha ha.  Got it!  I did have to reboot the app to get it working but it's fine now