Re: Dia grid snapping

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 22.06.2013 18:04, Dumitru Ursu wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm doing some UML diagrams in Dia, and while I'm very satisfied with the
> program itself,
> I've runned into some issues.
> The thing is, it's very hard to draw "straight" diagrams. I use grid
> snapping, but the diagram looks like hell.
To make grid alignment useful every element needs to play well on the grid. 
This is not the case for UML state diagrams given that elements are sized 
by their text content.

> Then I disable grid snapping, and I can come pretty close to what I need,
> but it's far from perfect.
> http://storage8.static.itmages.com/i/13/0622/h_1371917042_8552590_2c8f9d65f8.png
You could use Center and Middle from the Object/Align menu.
The development version additionally has Objects/Align/Connected but it 
needs some debugging for the diagram type at hand.

> One more thing is very annoying: object snapping. It doesn't work as
> supposed, it's very tricky to make
> an arrow to snap in the place I want.
Yeah, I'm usally switching it off for UML diagrams.

> [...]

HTH,
        Hans

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