Hi list,<div><br></div><div>my two cents,</div><div><br></div><div>i use AutoCAD for a long time and his tools are grouped in "draw" and "modify" tool bar.</div><div>"Draw" tool bar has all commands to create geometries (points, lines, polygon etc).</div>
<div>"Modify" tool bar has all commands to modify geometries (explode, mirror, break, move vertice, move geometry, copy, etc).</div><div><br></div><div>This is different from qgis approach (at one tool bar we have create and modify tools).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I really prefer AutoCAD approach (create tools in one tool bar and modify tools in another tool bar).</div><div><br></div><div>But the real gap is the possibility to use command line options on AutoCAD - there is a prompt where you type the command and interact via keyboard. For example, to draw a line, you type "line" and press enter key and you are drawing a line (you can type the x,y,z coordinates or you can click on the point).</div>
<div>If that functionality are implemented at QGIS this would be more relevant than the discussion if you need one toolbar with drop down or two tool bars, in my opinion.</div><div><br></div><div>I can provide screenshots (about the AutoCAD tool bars) if that is necessary.</div>
<div><br></div><div>best regards,<br clear="all">Luigi Castro Cardeles<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/18 Paolo Cavallini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Andreas Neumann ha scritto:<br>
<div class="im">> I'd like to discuss again what it is "advanced" and what is "basic"<br>
> editing. I think many of the "advanced" tools are really "basic" tools.<br>
<br>
</div><div class="im">> I understand Tim's argument of keeping things simple. On the other hand<br>
> pull-down buttons are quite common today. Many of the well-known<br>
> software packages use them, such as Adobe, Corel, Openoffice (partially).<br>
<br>
</div>Good point. I think we should make life as easy as possible for users,<br>
so why not using the same approach as the most advanced tools available?<br>
AFAIK, AutoCAD is considered the most productive tool for editing: does<br>
anybody have access to it? Could someone lt us know how they approach<br>
the problem? A description of their design would be a good starting<br>
point, I guess.<br>
All the best.<br>
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Paolo Cavallini: <a href="http://www.faunalia.it/pc" target="_blank">http://www.faunalia.it/pc</a><br>
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