What do you do when you need to snap to the grid half way up
the side of a patch and the is no snap-to grid point because you are in the .125
grid size and you have and odd number of grid crossing points?
Well you
could approximate with the snap-to-line feature, but wouldn't it be nice to have
the III 1/16th inch grid size and then you would have grid lines crossing exactly
in the center of that side and could have the precise patch you want.
Yes,
but since Quilt-Pro does not, here is a way to achieve the same results.
Figure 1. Drawing Problem | 1. The problem as shown
in Figure 1 is to draw the red, right triangle snapping to the blue pointer. NOTE:
The tip of the red triangle does not snap to a grid intersection point. |
The solution is to double the size of the white triangle as shown in
Figure 2 below. Then draw the red triangle twice as large using the snap to grid
which now has a grid point (see Figure 3) precisely in the middle of the side
(Blue Pointer) of the white triangle.
Figure 2. White Triangle doubled in size using Effects Menu and Resize option.
Note now that the midpoint at the arrow does intersect with a grid-snap point.
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Figure 3: Red triangle double size. Note now that the midpoint at the arrow
does intersect with a grid-snap point.
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Instructions:
To double the size of the white triangle:
3.
Choose the Select Tool 
from the Tool Bar.
4. Click on the white triangle.
5. Go to the Effect
Menu 
and select Resize. The Resize to dialogue box opens.
6.
Type in twice the size shown in the Width and Height and Click OK.
7. Then
draw the red triangle twice as large (See Figure 3.) using the snap-to-rid which
now has a grid point precisely in the middle of the side (Blue Pointer) of the
white triangle.
Figure 4: Patches back to original size |
Now the final step is to reduce everything that was enlarged back to its original
size. See Figure 4. |
To reduce the size
of the white and red triangle:
1.
Choose the Select Tool
from the Tool Bar. (See above)
2. Click on the white and red triangle.
3.
Go to the Effect Menu
and select Resize. The Resize to dialogue box opens.
| 4.
Type in half the size shown in the Width and Height and Click OK. |
| | NOTE: In Figure 4, even though there is no grid point crossing
the snap-to-function point, the red triangle is properly positioned. |
Summary: This will work equally well on vertical or horizontal
sides of a patch. If you need to divide the patch side into three equal segments
this can be accomplished by enlarging 3 times bigger, drawing the patches and
then reducing back to one third size.
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