Framing square... can you set to always on at corner of work area or save it as item once placed?

[Wes711]

I use mid point on most of my designs and place a framing square to align parts. But when I reload the Framing square is gone and needs to be reset throwing off my center point measurements. I have found that if you zoom way in you can realign to the grid and get the measurements back in position.

[Gpic2030]

I also like to have the framing square to save when I place it at the corner. I use it to locate and shift parts locations. I always start a drawing by placing the framing square and naming the drawings. Being able to save once placed would be useful to continue when reloading. Thanks

[henmedia]

@Wes711 @Gpic2030 thank you both, that makes a lot of sense when the whole design is measured from the square. Until now it was only a tool on the screen, so a reload took it away.

In the next release the framing square belongs to the design. Once you place it, it stays there: after a reload or the next time you open the design, it lies in the same place, turned the same way and measuring from the same points (corner or midpoint), so your measurements line up again without zooming in. It also travels in a saved .lyl file. The × removes it, as before. I tried it with a reload: the square came back on the very same spot.

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[henmedia]

@Wes711 @Gpic2030 it's in 1.108.0: a placed framing square now belongs to the design. After a reload or the next time you open the design it lies in the same place, turned the same way and measuring from the same points, also from a saved .lyl file.

[Wes711]

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