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Laszlo Nagy
Dont know if Im missing something here but the placing witness lines atm is and has been there a long time. The op is specifically pen and linetype...correct? I dont think manual placement is a normal workflow.
Just my 2c...but building a great visual schema is related to a UX/Graphic principles ie of eye path and travel, depth and focus etc.
I try and use depth of field and luminosity staging...like the landscape rules of painting so you use the natural references of depth
For traditional B&W type of presentation, we are conveying a linear path eg the dimension line. Then a secondary indicator of the witness line ( I understand others may want to change the line type but I def dont)...they are related paths...but the pen choice of different shade would allow the simulation of atmospherics to create focal depth needed to lead the eye while maintaining geometric continuity else it becomes like a circus.
The real issue is breaking the rigid penset structure and converting it to a 'style' mechanism as is found in good DTP eg you would create a style guide for dimensions and subsets that could be managed like a favourite but have global control
Im just completing after a long dev cycle but this map is well defined for users
Each column/pem is verbosely named as per the schema logic
A snippet from the spreadsheet that generates it all
That would be soooo good and start completing some of the presentation phase stuff.
I use a divisible greyscale table (noted above in the GFX section) and colour solid/60%/30% strengths for obscuration/atmospherics but its hard work then using graphic overrides vs styles.
In summary, even just assignable pens would be a great start. Pen thicknesses should be derived from the pen table but definitely the pen colours should be a separate hierarchy in the style guide. Even just a flag that provides participation in a style guide vs unique appearance
Still looking?
