LWB wrote:That is great that Auriga is adding line types. Just a floor drop and ceiling drop line styles would be wonderful and add greatly to the utility. I always wished for that in PocketTopo (which is a simple program compared to Auriga).
I was initially against this idea, feeling it was as easy to sketch a line and smaller perpendicular lines to draw a drop edge, but offering line patterns, and fills, would minimize the number of sketch elements currently displayed, thus uncluttering the corresponding internal array and speeding up the element search when tapping on screen: a polyline with a drop line attribute is a single element, instead of one for the polyline and as many small elements as there are small perpendicular lines. The same applies for a polygon (with or without a visible border) filled with dots or hatches (e.g. for sand or a pond). Of course, in DXF or SVG, line patterns and fills don't exist, so every single piece of line or dot will be individually exported by Auriga. I hope to demonstrate that at the upcoming NSS Convention.
LWB wrote:In addition to giving a paper, I would like to suggest that you run an Auriga workshop (or multiple workshops - probably can't have too many people at one time).
Multiple workshops? How do I get to attend other sessions and go caving ;)
Actually, I gave so many talks and extensive live demos at NSS conventions, if someone if still hesitating to use Auriga, I don't see why yet another workshop would change his/her mind. In fact, my best users are self-taught. I'd rather conduct a question period for advanced users.