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Re: Form Plotting ( Again )
By:John Waddington
Date: 1/9/1999, 12:51 pm
In Response To: Form Plotting ( Again ) (Alan Resinger)

> Several weeks ago I posted a question regarding plotting form shapes
> according to Nick's book. I had plotted the forms in Microsoft Excel but
> was unable to scale the charts I created without a whole lot of trouble.
> Alan

What I did was plot the forms in Excel (though I later switched to Quattro Pro when I got a new computer) and copied the XY scatter graph to the clipboard. I then pasted that into Corel Draw. Since the grid lines of the graph came too, it was easy to use the rulers in Corel Draw to resize the plotted curve to exactly the right scale. If the graph had a 1" grid, I made sure that the 1" grid lines matched the 1" lines on the rulers. By zooming in, I could easily get to within a 64th" or smaller over the width of the 1/2 form.

John

Messages In This Thread

Form Plotting ( Again )
Alan Resinger -- 1/8/1999, 6:52 pm
Re: Form Plotting ( Again )
John Waddington -- 1/9/1999, 12:51 pm
Re: Form Plotting ( Again )
Paul Jacobson -- 1/9/1999, 2:52 am
Re: Form Plotting ( Again )
Phillip Kearney -- 1/8/1999, 9:44 pm