LACE R-XP New Features

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Export design as EPS file
New thread size thingy for printing
Choose elements and layers that will print - default to "all" but give check boxes to choose
Getting started and Ruth Book details from help menu
Shape drawing and filling
Option to print overlap when design goes over more than one page (1cm)
Preview Motifs
Preview Load
100 levels of individual undo
Add popup menu when items are right clicked.
Hold down SHIFT to draw circles from center outwards for concentric circle drawing. CTRL forces exact circle/square
Fill style library (dots and tallys)
Any angle grid
Allow dragging of background image for easy and acurate placement. BG Adjust mode tool (Size and position)
Allow use of scroll wheel to zoom in and out (Lace and Pub)
Edit text already added to Lace
Dont allow elements to be pasted to a locked layer
On loading a motif - keep layer structure (option) rather than all on current later
Option to specify printed dot size
Ability to select depth of the fan curve
When a curved gimp line is drawn - auto select it ready for dragging
Option to add an arrow (inc size of head)
Erase Items - Right click where one already exists will erase it - works for dots, tallys and roseground
Freehand (lassoo) select
Allow the naming of layers
Add flanders ground/Kitkat ground!
Lengthen vertical arm of corner grid.
Sort out snap to grid on corners
Put "Set Prefs" in it's own menu
Add more status bar info - like "SNAP","Layer colour", "Current tool" etc
More levels (finer) of zoom.
Tally & RoseGround rotation
Shape rotation
Guidelines (click on ruler and drag onto chart)
Set ruler origin : Reset origin
Fine Scrolling using scrollbars
User Defined Grid Angles
Multiline, multisize, alignable text up to 500 chars
Autosave
Watermarks
Right click elements select rects to edit width and colour
Addition of copyright, reg and TM symbols.
New easy-draw of super curves
Tally and Roseground symbol size selection and multple different sizes on one design.
Hold down CTRL and use scroll wheel on mouse to resize background up and down in 1% increments
Auto grid match and auto background adjust
Allow users to double click lc7 or lc6 file and load automatically into the program. (Drag drop too)
Spider Drawing Tool
Load legacy designs into Lace RXP
Include all buttons on toolbar
(Updated) Right select box to select just select type
(Updated_ Right select box using select tool to measure
New look and feel tpo screen and menus
Zoom to cursor
Shapes: Drag point shown as solid square, size point as an open square
Fill freehand select with ground
Angle offset for circle convert to dots or dot-dash
Allow drawing of any angle of polar grid

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