Roto Pen question

okyou · Post by **okyou** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:12 am

Hello,
Does anyone has any idea how to draw a straight line path in Roto Pen with a mouse ? The Roto Pen don't seem to have straight line feature and all the path has to be hand drawn. I try to draw a train path and don't want the train moving up and down because I cannot draw a straight path by hand. Appreciate for any idea that can achieve a straight path. Thanks

PS I have tried to use a ruler as a guide, but the clumsiness of the mouse still cannot made a straight path.

Post by **RobertOZ** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:04 am

Don't thick that is possible with RotoPen, try a free program called "Route Generator" which does have that ability

http://www.routegenerator.net/

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:50 am

In VS 2019 at least, you can create a straight path in RotoPen. It involves dragging one path away from another joined path.

You can simply draw a short line, release the mouse button; without moving the mouse, push the mouse button and draw another short line. There will be a node where the two paths join. Now select the second path and drag it to a new position. There will be a straight line extended. You can delete the paths you don't need.

That's as far as I've gotten.

Post by **lata** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:28 am

Kingston wrote:In VS 2019 at least, you can create a straight path in RotoPen. It involves dragging one path away from another joined path.

You can simply draw a short line, release the mouse button; without moving the mouse, push the mouse button and draw another short line. There will be a node where the two paths join. Now select the second path and drag it to a new position. There will be a straight line extended. You can delete the paths you don't need.

That's as far as I've gotten.

That is clever, thanks for that

okyou · Post by **okyou** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:10 am

Good idea. Will try it out. Thanks.

okyou · Post by **okyou** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:58 am

Hello Kingston,
I tried your method but it don't seem to work. Maybe I am not too clear about your procedure. Can you explain it further ? Thanks much.

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