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by jlogajan
Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:00 am
Forum: Protocase Designer Development Chat
Topic: How do we make Protocase Designer better?
Replies: 37
Views: 94331

Re: How do we make Protocase Designer better?

It would be nice if the designer calculated total enclosure weight. This would be a pretty simple table lookup of material weight by guage per unit area. I just had some enclosures fabricated out of galvanized steel that I just now calculated to weigh about 15 lbs. Had I chosen an equal thickness al...
by jlogajan
Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:33 pm
Forum: Protocase Designer Development Chat
Topic: How do we make Protocase Designer better?
Replies: 37
Views: 94331

Re: How do we make Protocase Designer better?

Oh and I almost forgot, allow circle diameter to be input instead of radius. I almost always have to derive the radius from the diameter.
by jlogajan
Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:45 pm
Forum: Protocase Designer Development Chat
Topic: How do we make Protocase Designer better?
Replies: 37
Views: 94331

Re: How do we make Protocase Designer better?

As per rectangle origin, a competitor (faceplates only) uses the geometric center. (They also have corner radius selection.) These things can be options so people can use it they way they prefer. The grid snap is less important if you improve numerical input to path vertex values. However I imagine ...
by jlogajan
Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:18 am
Forum: Protocase Designer Development Chat
Topic: How do we make Protocase Designer better?
Replies: 37
Views: 94331

Re: How do we make Protocase Designer better?

Things to improve the user interface: 1. Allow the primary origin reference point to be moved. Not all designs start out with the lower left face corner as the measurement reference and this forces users to recompute EVERY coordinate by hand. This human intervention is error prone and can be easily ...