Positioning of objects more precisely without grid

rl · 6 Jan 2008

yep, hold down CTRL while dragging.

electrogear · 9 Jan 2008

Doh!!!

I wish I'd known this before I built my GUI keyboard! I'd been putting the black keys on the nearest grid sqaure and then adding a float value to the x position and checking (trial & error) until it was in the right spot. Now I feel stupid!!

While on the subject is there any way of changing the pixels per grid square? I've noticed that if you display a Bitmap and then resize it using the Bitmap Draw it keeps all pixels (good image quality) but if you resize it any other way the pixels are lost.

oddson · 9 Jan 2008

electrogear wrote: While on the subject is there any way of changing the pixels per grid square?

There is a Zoom level field in the Schematic tab of the applications options.

It sounds like it only affects the default display size but it actually seems to change the number of pixels per grid-square (which is why, I suppose, there are p2g and g2p conversion primitives).

I've never used any but 8 per grid so and have always worried there might be problems with some of the primitives assuming 8/sq. but I can't say that I know of any problems.

Dave · 9 Jan 2008

But the size (width+height) is fixed or?

I can't resize them pixelwise... with CTRL also not :-(

electrogear · 9 Jan 2008

Ah I think I understand what you mean now:

You can't resize the GUI components using that module. You will have to go inside it and go to 'Adornments' and resize each part. You will then need to go back to the top layer & unlock it then move them around.

I think that answers your question...? Sorry if I've misunderstood you.

Mike

EDIT actually I'm slightly wrong there. You can't resize the metallic background as it is an image file imported at it's original size. For a quick fix you could do this:

Here's the OSM: http://www.box.net/shared/54tvenq8gw[/img]

Dave · 9 Jan 2008

No no in the first case you were right...

But how can i resize the front module 4 pixel smaller for example?

Seams like the front module must have a fixed size (fixing to the 8 pixel grids).

Tom7777 · 10 Jan 2008

But how can i resize the front module 4 pixel smaller for example?

You can't do that sadly, it has been requested as an idea before though