[senseiwa]

Hi everybody! I enjoyed omnigraffle shipped with my good ol' powerbook, but now since I bought myself a macbook air, I need some advice. I hope I won't be too naive...

I really like the power to draw easily protocols, computer schemas and so on, but something I am missing, is a simple way of drawing oriented circles. Maybe I just don't see it, as I said I maybe too naive!

It's probably easier to see my attachent, so that it's clear what I mean.

I find it difficult to imagine a fast way to get an oriented half-circle with bezier curves. Can anyone give me some advice?

Thanks!

[Joel]

Quickest way I can think of would be to use a straight line type replete with midpoints at the "corners" to create a squareish shape, and then apply a very large corner radius.

Hope that helps,

[senseiwa]

Originally Posted by Joel

Quickest way I can think of would be to use a straight line type replete with midpoints at the "corners" to create a squareish shape, and then apply a very large corner radius.

Hope that helps,

Well, somehow. I can always draw circles by using bezier curves, but that is not easy: tangents and midpoints must be suitably placed. It's not something you use "on the fly".

Any "add-on" I can use? Some magical trick like "do it once and then re-use it"?

Thanks!

Either:

File > New Resource > New Stencil

Or:

Ctrl-Click > Copy As > Applescript

[Chris]

You could use the adjustable arc shape to make the circle, then add a very short line segment to one end for the arrow. Group it and make it a stencil for reuse.

[moniker]

Where is this "adjustable arc" shape to be found? I searched omni graffle's help and nothing came up. Are you talking about the Pen Tool with bezier adjustments?