OpenVector, OpenGridPro & DrawPlus
OpenVector, OpenGridPro & DrawPlus | ||
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Version 3.37 (24 Dec 2011) | ||
This build was performed with ROOL's C/C++ development suite. It mostly works on the BeagleBoard, but the loading of compressed files requires alignment exceptions to be turned off.
Merging has changed again: The usual action when a file is imported is still to place the imported objects on the current layer. However, when importing files of type VecFile (&c56), the layering of objects is preserved as much as possible given the layers that are defined already in the receiving document.
| Bugfixes: |
'Merge at pointer' merges at pointer Saved files contain only one font table and settings Solid dragging of masked sprites is possible More accurate bounding-box calculations Saving no longer results in font chaos More reliable merging onto the current layer Resolved a cause of rare but catastrophic crashes Rulers scroll consistently with their document windows Textarea columns are created on the same layer as the parent textarea Textarea columns are not imported onto undefined layers |
| Capabilities: |
Invert selection (CTRL-N) Zooming (Page Up/Down) centres on a selection or where the mouse is pointing Pasting a library object creates a named group Unlocked objects can be arranged to locked ones Select-click can be turned off Path-edit menu includes an option to place the origin at the currently selected point Path-edit menu includes an option to move the whole path with selected point to the origin 'Stroke path' will replace a path of non-zero thickness with an equivalent filled outline When an auto-save is due and the user is prompted, the user can switch to unprompted auto-saving Document windows respond to scroll requests as generated by mouse wheels on some systems Bezier control points can snap to grid while being dragged |
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OpenVector, OpenGridPro and DrawPlus are all enhancements to Draw. Vector and GridPro were developed from DrawPlus as commercial applications for 4Mation by Jonathan Marten. Vector included layering and object library capabilities. GridPro was customised for drawing grids and other regular object layouts.
The applications available for download here are built from the GPL open source software release of Vector, GridPro and DrawPlus. After Jonathan released the sources, the first 32-bit conversion was performed by Spellings Computer Services. The sources have since been uploaded to an SVN repository at <riscos.info> and developed further by myself. The versions downloadable here were built from revision 31 of those sources dated December 24, 2011.
Thanks are due to Jonathan Marten, 4Mation, and Spellings Computer Services for developing the applications and releasing the sources. But please note that none of them have any responsibility for this release. So please do not bother them about any problems you may have with it.
In theory, any machine running RISC OS 3.10 or later, with the latest Shared C Library, can run these applications. In practice, they have been tested only on an Iyonix running RISC OS 5.16, a StrongARM RISC PC running RISC OS 4.02, and RISC OS 3.50 under emulation. It has also been tested on a BeagleBoard where it is known to need further work. These applications could do with a great deal more testing on a variety of RISC OS platforms. Consider them beta quality and let me know if they fail to run at all on your system.
Simply download the ZIP archives for the applications you want and extract the applications inside to wherever you want. (It does not matter if your system is limited to 10-character filenames. The apps will still run if truncated.)
Also available is a list of major bugfixes and enhancements over older releases by Jonathan and Spellings.net.
| OpenVector | DOWNLOAD (270 Kbytes ZIP) |
This archive contains the complete !OpenVector 3.37 application. |
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| OpenGridPro | DOWNLOAD (122 Kbytes ZIP) |
This archive contains the complete !OpenGridPro 3.37 application. |
| DrawPlus | DOWNLOAD (204 Kbytes ZIP) |
This archive contains the complete !DrawPlus 3.37 application.
You will probably want this only if you need to access drawfiles created previously by DrawPlus. |
If you are looking for manuals... Sorry, I don't have any and couldn't release them even if I did.
Some documentation can be found on Jonathan's website. (Scroll down to near the bottom of the page, ignoring the source archives you'll pass on the way.)