Assuming DrawPlus X7 is near release, they should certainly be included in the new version. Given that most of the problems are actual errors, corrections should rightly be issued as a bug fix update. This is so close it's tragic for it to fall fatally short due to easily-corrected errors like these. By sensible convention, they should be either Top, Left, Right or Top, Front, Side.Ī proper cleanup of this feature would not only correct glaring errors, but would give DrawPlus an important feature set cleanly integrated with the rest of the program and completely missing in most other drawing programs (Corel Designer being an exception). For example, the planes are named Top, Front, and Right. Other details need a more thoughtful treatment as well. The value shown for Width is the height of the path's bounds, and the value shown for Height is one half of the bounds width. Moreover, as you can see from the rulers, the W and H dimensions shown in the Transform palette do not even make sense for the page rulers. Obviously, all four sides of an unrotated square drawn on an isometric plane are of equal length. Note the dimensions shown on the object when it is selected with the Pointer Tool and in the Transform palette.Press Ctrl while selecting the Top Plane to send the square to that plane. With Projection Properties set to Isometric, and in No Projection mode, use the Quick Rectangle tool to draw a 3-inch square.
Second, the dimensioning of objects on the 3D plane is just wrong: The drawing tools do not snap to the displayed isometric grid intersections in the Front and Right planes and do not snap at all in the Top plane. "To aid drawing, you can use the snapping grid.the grid intelligently switches to the current plane that you're working on."īut it doesn't. Unfortunately, it's implementation is debilitatingly error-filled.
The basic interface scheme for it is tidy and intuitive. It should be a great competitive feature against other drawing programs.
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I just received my new purchase of Draw, Photo, Page, Web, and Movie this week.Īs an axonometric illustrator from before the proliferation of desktop computing, DrawPlus's 3D Planes feature is near and dear to my heart.
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