It should be possible to rotate grids
Bug #588057 reported by
Gatonegro
This bug affects 5 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In the configuration of a grid, there should be an extra option to set the "rotation".
Case of use: I was trying to build a design made up of hexagons which would tile one against each other. To this end, an axonometric grid is useful, because I could make the hexagons snap to the grid. However, I need the hexagons with the flat sides up (and down), whereas the axonometric grid draws a pattern of hexagons (well, triangles, really) with the flat sides vertical, resulting in corners up and down. This forces me to design with a 90 degree rotation, and then turn it around.
The simple fix would be to actually allow a free rotation on the grid (any grid).
tags: | added: grids ui |
Changed in inkscape: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
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To the submitter: you can still draw horizontal hexagons on a vertical axonometric grid, you just have to double the grid resolution and snap your hexagon vertices every two grid intersections.
Still, the Y axis of axonometric grids is fixed to vertical, which is inappropriate to some applications. One option would be to add a configurable degree for the Y axis, along with X and Z. And make sure that horizontal axes are drawn correctly (see bug #583141)