Changing line weight or size

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Changing line weight or size

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I have a grid ... then I have smaller lines off the grid I'll call ticks.
The top ones or grouped and the side ones are grouped.
Want to change the weight or thickness of the ticks to be smaller than the grid lines
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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? You select the lines in each group and then change the stroke width?

To speed up the selection, select one of the lines in the group, hit CTRL-A, and it will select all the lines. Then adjust.

Other options are:

[1] Create the first tick, then virtually duplicate that tick to create all other tick lines. Changing the original tick will change all the virtual copies

[2] Create two tick lines and align those to the sides of the grid. Then use the Morph Vector Layers function in the Layout-->Vector menu to add the remaining inbetween ticks. Selecting the start and end ticks and changing the stroke properties will then propagate throughout all the other ticks.

Option [2] is actually a neat trick, because the Morph Vector Layers can be used as an array function. And also morph between two states of the tick.
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I've attached the sample PLD file for you.
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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PS it is also possible to morph between more than just two states.
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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Thanks for all the info Herbert.I downloaded your file and will play with it when have a little more time.This program sure has some neat tricks.

To my original question ... I was able to adjust the ticks.but the only place I found was with the Line Pattern ( image below )
What that the panel you were referring to ?
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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lacogada wrote: Sat 26 Oct 2024 23:08 Thanks for all the info Herbert.

I downloaded your file and will play with it when have a little more time.
This program sure has some neat tricks.

To my original question ... I was able to adjust the ticks.
but the only place I found was with the Line Pattern ( image below )
Was that the panel you were referring to ?

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Yes, and it is also possible to change / open those properties via the layer properties panel and the tools palette. But you probably already figured that out for yourself.

Tip: sometimes functionality isn't exposed as well as it could be in PhotoLine. Generally right-mouse clicking parts of the GUI may expose extra or hidden options. For example, right-mouse clicking on the colours at the bottom of the tools palette displays a menu with the option for "Harmony" - a colour scheme editor.

There are other hidden options here and there. Did you know that PhotoLine also has two hidden games?
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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Herbert123 wrote: Sun 27 Oct 2024 09:13Yes, and it is also possible to change / open those properties via the layer properties panel and the tools palette. But you probably already figured that out for yourself.
Thanks .... I had looked at Layers panel and Tools panel but did not see any way to change line (see screen shot)

If I have create line tool selected, I can see how to adjust line in Tool settings.
But once I select the group to edit, those Tool settings change.
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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It doesn't work for groups. You have to enter the group and select the vector objects.
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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Herbert123 wrote: Mon 28 Oct 2024 16:36 It doesn't work for groups. You have to enter the group and select the vector objects.
By using the non-modal Line Style dialog visible in lagoda's screenshot, you can change the line width of layers inside a group.
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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Thanks guys ... I was able to change the line weights as you both explained, as single objects or grouped.

Though I do not know what " non modal " means. :)
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lacogada wrote: Wed 30 Oct 2024 12:38 Though I do not know what " non modal " means. :)
Non-modal dialogs are dialogs that can always be displayed on the screen and do not need to be closed in order to continue working with the document.
The opposite are modal dialogs, which must be closed by clicking OK, Cancel or - in the case of pop-up dialogs - by selecting an item or clicking outside the dialog.
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Re: Changing line weight or size

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Thanks Martin.
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Herbert123 wrote: Sat 26 Oct 2024 01:25Option [2] is actually a neat trick, because the Morph Vector Layers can be used as an array function. And so morph between two states of the tick.
Thanks Herbert ... very nice feature.
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