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Re: Sorting by line
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:49:09 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Willy Tschager wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > > I'm implementing sorting in LDDP. Here's my question:
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> > > Say I'm sorting by position using Y. When sorting linetypes 2-5 should I take
> > > the maximum Y, the minimum Y, the Y value of center of the triangle/quad/line,
> > > or something else entirely?
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> > I would tend to lean toward the centroid, but perhaps it would be best to be
> > user configurable.
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> centroid was my first thought but leave it to the user would be better
Should this be a dialog that pops up when sorting in initiated, in the program
options, or something else?
The current method I'm using moves all type 0 lines to the top. Should I simply
delete them instead?
Also, what about sort order? Should I have 3 commands (Sort by X, Sort by Y,
Sort by Z) or something else?
-Orion
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 | | Re: Sorting by line
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| (...) That's what I did in the map I did but if you can make them "sticky" meaning that they stay by some other line in the file (the one that they precede?) that might be interesting. Might not be useful though. (...) Those are good, Also if you (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Sorting by line
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| (...) It's hard to say what would be best. I personally think that having a dialog with all the sort options along with a quick way to apply the most recently used sort options might be the most flexible. That way, people who use the feature (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Sorting by line
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| (...) IMO, it would be best with a dialog when sorting is requested. Remember all the settings from the last time sorting was used. (...) If there is no choice for the user, I'd say keep them at the top as you do now. A checkbox for removing them (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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