UserManual:Tools:Points

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Point tools

Tools described in this section designed to allow create point at some conditions. Such conditions can be different, for example distance or angle, parents positions and etc.

Point - Lenght and Angle (Shortcut L, A)

	Create a new node with a distance and angle away from another node
	Click a node, move away in the general direction and distance, and click again to create the node. Open the Options to edit the details
	Name: Name of the new node Base point: Starting point Lenght: You can define a fixed lenght or use formulas for adaptive / calculated values Angle: You can define a fixed angle or use formulas for adaptive / calculated values Attributes: Specify the color, linetype and lineweight of the new node

Point - On Line (Shortcut O, L)

	Create a new node at a distance from one point along a line between two points
	Click two nodes and enter the distance from the first node that you’d like the new node to be placed. You may place a node beyond the second node as well – it doesn’t need to be between the two nodes.
	Name: Name of the new node First point: Starting point Second point: End point Lenght: You can define a fixed lenght or use formulas for adaptive / calculated values Attributes: Specify the color, linetype and lineweight of the new node

Point - Midpoint On Line (Shortcut Shift+O, Shift+L)

	Create a new node in the middle between two points
	Click two nodes. This tool is a shortcut for the above mentioned tool. You still can change the lenght manually
	Name: Name of the new node First point: Starting point Second point: End point Lenght: You can define a fixed lenght or use formulas for adaptive / calculated values Attributes: Specify the color, linetype and lineweight of the new node

Point - On Perpendicular (Shortcut O, P)

	Create a new node perdendicular (at an 90° angle) to a line
	Click the node where you’d like to measure from and another node. Enter the distance and a rotation. This is very handy when you wish to square off from a particular point.
	Name: Name of the new node First point: Starting point Second point: End point Lenght: You can define a fixed lenght or use formulas for adaptive / calculated values Rotation: You can define a fixed angle or use formulas for adaptive / calculated values. A rotation of 180° will flip the line on the other side. Attributes: Specify the color, linetype and lineweight of the new node

Point - On Bisector (Shortcut O, B)

	Create a new node at an angle bisector between 3 points and a given length
	Click the nodes in order where the second node is where the line will be measured from. Press enter and enter the distance.
	Name: Name of the new node First point: First point to determine the angle Second point: Mid point and startpoint of the new node Third point: End point to determine the angle Lenght: You can define a fixed lenght or use formulas for adaptive / calculated values Attributes: Specify the color, linetype and lineweight of the new node

Tool Special point on shoulder

This one may be a little difficult to explain but I'll use my marks to help. You have a label at the shoulder point against the neck (A9) and a line below it to indicate the height of the shoulder tip (A10 to A11) to indicate where the chest joins the arm is situated. You'd like to draw a line from A9 to the shoulder tip plus you'd like to include the width of the dart. You click on A9, A10 and A11. The box will pop up and you may enter the formula for the shoulder width + the dart width. This will place a label point (A12) beyond A11 (in line with A10 to A11) where the line A9 to A12 will be the same length of the sum of the shoulder width + the dart width (in this case 1cm). You can now draw the line from A9 to A12 if you wish.

If the distance between A9 and A12 is less than the pointer A11, it will revert to point A11 and the Point at intersection of arc and line will be the tool to use.

Tool Point at intersection of arc and line

Select the first and second points of the axis line (in this case, point A10 and A11 on the line indicating the shoulder tip height). Then select the point at the centre of the radius that you wish to measure out from (in this case, A9 - the edge of the neck). The box pops up and you may enter the length of the line from A9 to the new point (A12) that you require (shoulder width + the dart width). You may draw in a line from point A9 to A12 which will equal length that you entered.

If the distance between A9 and A12 is more than the pointer A11, it will do some very strange things and the Special point on shoulder will be the tool to use.

Tool Triangle tool

First choose your axis along which you'd like to place a point (A10 and A12). Then select the two points that you'd like to place a point where the two points form a right (90⁰) angle (A2 and A9) along the axis line.

Tool Point from X and Y of 2 other points

This will give you vertical cross hairs at the 1st point, horizontal cross hairs at the 2nd point and a point (with label) where the 2 intersect which you can change the name of if you wish.

Tool Perpendicular point along a line

You click on the point where you'd like the line to start and 2 other points between which, you'd like the line to intersect at a 90° angle. In the images below, a new point was created (A13) and the line goes from A10 to A13.

Tool Point intersect line and axis

First, you need to select 2 points along a line (that you'd like a line to end in line with) and then the point that you'd like to draw the line from. You will need to set the angle. I set the base line in the image below, to be from A2 to A14, the end line to be A12 and the angle at 265°. This placed a point (A14) between A2 and A14 and drew a line between A14 and A12. The degree of the angle extends from A12.

Tool True darts

As you know, when you have cut out your pattern and begin to sew, the edges of the darts are out of line if you only use the base line to create the dart. Allowances need to be made for the shift of the seam before cutting the fabric. This tool is meant to help you with that.

Select the line where you'd like to place a dart - A9 to A12. Then select the points of the dart - A17, A16 & A18. New points A19 & A20 are created and you may now draw your line from A9 to A19 to A16 to A20 and to A13 to get the perfectly fitted dart.

Tool Mid point between 2 points

Available since version 0.5.0.

This one works exactly like the 2nd tool above except that it will automatically take the current line length and divide it by 2 and place a point at that place (A21) - unless you change the formula.