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Request for new primitives - Manfred Schaefer - 2026-01-02
Hello,
Among the primitives, there is the primitive n-fchrd.dat. This primitive is well suited for creating a transition to, for example, an enclosing circle. Unfortunately, the starting point of the circle segment is always at 0°. Sometimes it would be useful if this starting point were at 22.5°, for example. The circle segment would then go from 22.5° to 67.5°. In the high-resolution version, it would be 7.5° or a multiple thereof.
Rotation that is not equal to a step size of 90° results in rounding errors that can lead to visual errors.
Furthermore, a similar primitive would be useful, forming a circle segment from, for example, 22.5° to -22.5°. The center point of the circle segment would then be at 0°.
My question is whether it would be possible to introduce such primitives.
Best regards,
Manfred