[Blindmath] Version 0.0.16 of SVGDraw01 is now available for download

[Richard Baldwin]

Version 0.0.16 of my drawing program for blind students is now posted at:
http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip and is available for
immediate download.

What's new in this version?

Editing shape-specific attributes
Previous versions of the program have allowed you to create and/or edit the
values of the following attributes that are common to all shapes:

    stroke (color)
    stroke-width
    stroke-opacity
    fill (color)
    fill-opacity
    clip-path (ID)
    transform
    any attribute name (common or otherwise)

That capability is accessed from the Advanced menu, or by pressing
Alt+Shift+S.

This version adds the capability to edit shape-specific attributes for
existing lines, rectangles, circles, and ellipses. Shape-specific attributes
include:

    coordinates
    radii
    width
    height

This capability is accessed from the Acvanced menu, or by pressing
Alt+Shift+P.

Assume, for example, that you want to create a grid. Using this capability,
you could create and save a drawing of a line. Then you could import
multiple copies of that line drawing into a new drawing and edit the
coordinates of the end points of each line to place the lines in the shape
of a grid.


Mark all, then selectively unmark
Previous versions have allowed you to check a checkbox to cause all of the
shapes in the drawing to be marked for rotation, translation, scaling, or
deletion. The program was updated in this version to allow you to
selectively un-mark shapes that were previously marked in that fashion.

For example, if you want to view, emboss, or sonify a subset of the total
set of shapes in the drawing, you can mark them all, un-mark the subset,
scale the remaining shapes by 0.0, save the drawing in a new file, and view,
emboss, or sonify the contents of that output file.


Smaller download file
The size of the downloadable zip file was reduced to about 75% of its
previous size.


Perform the following two steps to run the program
1. Extract all of the material from the zip file into an empty folder being
careful to preserve the directory tree structure. Don't extract into the
root directory. One user has reported problems accessing the Help file when
the contents of the zip file were extracted into the root folder.
2. Execute the file named RunSVGDraw01.bat to run the program.

It is not necessary for you to have Java or any other special software
installed on your computer to run the program. In fact, you should be able
to extract the contents of the zip file onto a USB flash drive and run the
program on any Windows system, Version XP or later, with 32-bit or 64-bit
hardware. Of course, you don't have to use a USB flash drive, I mention that
simply to emphasize the flexibility that you have with this program.

When the program starts, you will land on Home Base from which you can press
F1 to open the help file, or select any of the actions provided by the
menus. Instructions for opening the menus are printed on Home Base.

Alternatively, you can simply open the file named Instructions.htm in your
browser and read the instructions without running the program.

baldwin at dickbaldwin.com

-- 
Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
http://www.DickBaldwin.com

Professor of Computer Information Technology
Austin Community College
(512) 223-4758
mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
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