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    • fouronethirtyF Offline
      fouronethirty
      last edited by

      i wish layout adds a little more zooming in capabilities, and the layers managing system, if that happens, i,ll be very happy then

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      • fouronethirtyF Offline
        fouronethirty
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        yes, i agree, hope layout make its improvement, its a great software though, but its a little bit of a slow mo when i start adding ines and changes,

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          Show us an example of hiding line weights.

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          • fouronethirtyF Offline
            fouronethirty
            last edited by

            i dont have a sample of hiding lineweights., i was jst wishing layout wud be able to have a tools like that,

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              Perhaps you could explain it more, then? I don't find any performance issues with LO when I add draw in lines of different weights.

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              • fouronethirtyF Offline
                fouronethirty
                last edited by

                well, you can find some if your working with lots of lines or large drafting works, i guess hiding lineweights would make LO works faster

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  I work with large LO files all the time. i've never had any slow down because of line weights.

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                  • fouronethirtyF Offline
                    fouronethirty
                    last edited by

                    i see, maybe i have to work on it to fix it, i appreciate your time, tnx,

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                    • S Offline
                      samyell77
                      last edited by

                      Better compatibility with excel / spreadsheets / table. Its a very long winded process at the moment (export csv, copy to excel, reformat, copy to word, final format, insert to LO with varying results!)

                      Thanks

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        I agree about better text handling for data in tables although I do get dependable results going from CSV>Excel>Word>RTF>Insert into LO. It would be nice to be able skip some steps.

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                        • pbacotP Offline
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                          Yes, more integration. They gave us something now we want more of the same! 🎉

                          Is a short cut Excel—> print pdf—> insert to LO? When you re-save the pdf LO can update. I guess you are getting some editable text your way? I used to concern myself with that in Excel to CAD but now find it better just to go back to Excel for changes.

                          I try to avoid Word where possible, but can't give up Excel yet (although it also drives me nuts at times). For drawing work I might try using Apple "Numbers".

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
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                            Right clicking on the text box in LO brings up "Open in text Editor" which on my PC opens Word. I can then quite easily edit the text. the tables I use don't have a grid like the table has when copied from Excel into Word. I convert the table to tab separated text in Word.

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                            • S Offline
                              samyell77
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                              Thanks Dave R - this is what I do too but I need to display cells / spreadsheet borders and what ever way Ive tried seems problematic. Better compatibility with tables and spreadsheets would be great - it would save a lot of time reformatting for a lot of people and just cuts down on margin for error. The PDF method could work but the ideal would be to be able to link to an excel table or effectively display a table (with borders) in LO. The mac version allows you to copy and paste a block of cells into LO but the PC version doesn't allow this.

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                              • pbacotP Offline
                                pbacot
                                last edited by

                                The print to pdf method displays whatever you want of the excel file.

                                Would be nice to have the

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                                • S Offline
                                  samyell77
                                  last edited by

                                  Print to PDF but its another file to have to store, update etc. Direct referencing of an excel file would be great!

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                                  • fouronethirtyF Offline
                                    fouronethirty
                                    last edited by

                                    more zooom
                                    cant edit small detail when you have big drafting project, wish nxt version of l.o has that. it would be awsome

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                                      samyell77
                                      last edited by

                                      More zoom and better snapping in raster mode so dims can be added accurately without switching to vector as it slows the drawing down considerably.

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                                      • EdsonE Offline
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                                        one feature I do wish LO had is the capability to export to dwg/dxf the same layer structure present in the reference SU file.

                                        dwg/dxf files exported from LO are not of much use to the consultants architects keep sending files to all the time because the layers they contain are LO layers not the ones used to model the original SU file.

                                        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
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                                        • utilerU Offline
                                          utiler
                                          last edited by

                                          @edson said:

                                          one feature I do wish LO had is the capability to export to dwg/dxf the same layer structure present in the reference SU file.

                                          dwg/dxf files exported from LO are not of much use to the consultants architects keep sending files all the time because the layers they contain are LO layers not the ones used to model the original SU file.

                                          I couldn't agree more, Edson!!!

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                                          • S Offline
                                            samyell77
                                            last edited by

                                            Agreed again - layer structures in DWG/DXF exports would be great. Perhaps as a tick box option if you are happy to increase the size / complexity of the file?

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