RE: Layer "views" enhancment

["Eric Darst" <eric darst tobee biz>]

simon,
your idea makes good sense.  the CAD industry has done this for some
time so that users can turn on and off "disciplines" like electrical or
ceiling grid that may be made up of multiple layers.  the CAD
functionality typically includes current symbology settings as well like
line thickness, grid view, etc.  they also include the current zoom
location so when you recall a saved view, the window is reset to the
location on the drawing where you saved it.  if dia moves to larger
paper sizes for the really big workflows as with CAD (like 24" x 36"
etc.) then this function would be great.

i could see "disciplines" in dia diagrams as well so saved views could
be useful in that context too.  you may also think about saving view
preferences.

as to the word... how about scenes

eric

|-----Original Message-----
|From: dia-list-bounces gnome org 
|[mailto:dia-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Simon Kagstrom
|Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:38 PM
|To: dia-list gnome org
|Subject: Re: Layer "views" enhancment
|
|
|On 2005-07-27, 18:29, Simon Kagstrom wrote:
|> My idea is to add a concept of Views to the layers. A view defines a 
|> set of visible layers. For example, the "Overview" view 
|could include 
|> layers 0-3 while the "Detailed" view could include layers 0-7 and so 
|> on. There can be many views in each diagram and views can be added, 
|> deleted and modified in the Layer dialogue.
|
|Sorry for replying to myself, but I just realised that the 
|term "View" was used in another context in Dia. Maybe the term 
|"Frame" is better?
|
|// Simon
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