I use layers to organize my diagrams and mainly control visibility of groups of items. I try to group related items in their own layer. Layers help me organize diagrams and thoughts.
My one wish is that snaps would be transparent across layers. As an example, in one application, I had a several objects in the ``base'' layer. Over that layer I was drawing various diagrams (each on its own layer) consisting mainly of arrows, pointing how the objects interacted under various circumstances. It would have been much easier if the arrows were connected to the objects on the base layer, as from time to time, I had to re-arrange those.
(Usual disclaimer applies: thanks for the great work. Hopefully one day I get to contribute something).
Mirko
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Horkan [mailto:horkana maths tcd ie]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:04 PM
> To: dia-list gnome org
> Subject: Dialogs, Layers Dialog [Re: Dia ChangeLog report for Mon Jul 7
> 07:23:02 2003 (UTC)]
>
>
> > + * app/menus.c: Patch from Hubert Figuiere: Adds help menu to
> > + diagram menus (since they're at the top by default now). Also
> > + move the Properties... menu item from Dialogs to Objects. Dialogs
> > + menu should disappear at some point.
>
> I was thinking where the layers dialog should go and one of the things I
> considered was having a top level Layers menu and menu items for things
> like adding removing and moving up and down between layers.
>
> The more I thought about it and the more I looked at other programs the
> less of a good idea it seemed.
>
> I have a feeling that needing to use Layers is wholly or at least in part
> symptomatic of not doing grouping and object manipulation as well we could
> do. I dont see any other Vector graphics programs that have Layers, it
> seems to be more a feature of Raster Graphics programs.
>
> Could people who use Layers in Dialogs please let my know why?
> Hopefully it will help me to figure out what problems there might be.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Alan Horkan.
>
>
>
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