Re: [NTLK] Drawing Circles on 2100 using "shapes" mode

From: Lord Groundhog (LordGroundhog_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Aug 23 2005 - 03:34:13 PDT


This is such a cool feature! I've now tried for myself on my 2100, and I
find I have a hard time getting Newt NOT to turn a round shape into a
perfect circle. Fast or slow doesn't matter, and even when I experimented
with not quite connecting the line-ends, I got circles. Approximating from
the notional centre of my circles, I was able to leave a gap of
approximately 4=9A or 5 =9A, and as long as the ends are more or less 'aimed' a=
t
each other they connect as the shape resolves into a circle.

As mentioned by Ed, the only thing I've found that prevented circle
resolution was where I crossed the ends over. Even then if the shape was
decently circular, Newt resolved it on several occasions.

I also clockwise and anti-clockwise and it seems to make no difference.

Here's a strange one: for the sake of speed and screen real-estate (=3Dbeing
too lazy to scroll or erase) I drew 4 circles one inside the other. I took
no particular care to space my efforts, but the result was that Newt tried
-- and very nearly succeeded -- in making 4 circles drawn inside one anothe=
r
evenly concentric. Only one spacing is clearly inaccurate. Is this thing
programmed to 'guess' that one is trying to draw them evenly or was it dumb
luck? Experimentation suggests Newt is guessing or assuming I want the
circles to be approximately equidistant.

I lo-o-o-o-ve this Newton!

Now, if only I could become Jaggy-free... I'm still experimenting with
things that seem to be coincidental with the appearance of the dreaded "J".
:(=20

Shalom.=20
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>=20
> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:48:04 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ed Kummel <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Drawing Circles on 2100 using "shapes" mode
>=20
> OK, here is what I discovered.
> If you draw a circle and the end point overlaps the
> start point, then it won't draw a circle for you. But
> if you draw your circle so that the end point abuts to
> the start point, it will draw your circle for you.
> Just do not overlap or otherwise cross the starting
> point, nor stop prior to attaining the location of the
> start point and you should be able to get a circle.
> Ed
> web/gadget guru
> Download Newton packages directly onto your Newton:
> http://newton.tek-ed.com
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