Straight Lines

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Version 1.0

• Horizontal, vertical and oblique ruler.
• Distance in pixels, centimeters and inches.
• Ratio and close proportion more relevant.
• Angle between a line and the horizontal plane.
• Angle between two lines.
• Customizable color lines.
• Customizable background opacity.
• Support for multiple monitors.

StraightLines runs over your desktop to calculate distances, ratios and angles. Could be used over any application or document.

Screenshots

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Description

Straight Lines runs over your document or application, showing the content you were working. You have one or two straight lines that you could place wherever you want. Their measurements, ratios and angles are shown in the panels.

You could move the panels by dragging from the top bar. From this bar you could also hide all the panels, and minimize or close Straight Lines.

Straight Lines also could be minimized if you click on the semi-transparent background.

Information panels:

• Distance

  Shows the length of the line or lines you are using. The unit of length could be changed.

• Ratio

  This panel will only appear if you are using two lines. In that case, show the ratio between them, and also give information about relevant ratios commonly used in graphic design.

• Angle

  This panel is displayed if at least one line is oblique, i.e. without being locked horizontally or vertically. Shows the angle between the line and the horizontal plane, and having two lines which is the angle between them.

Configuration panels:

• Number of lines

  Here you could choose one or two lines. To calculate ratios is required to select two lines.

• Orientation

  For ease of use, the lines may be locked horizontally or vertically. To calculate angles or measure oblique lines we must select free.

• Units of length

  You could measure the length in pixels, centimeters or inches. In the latter two cases, used for printing, you also indicate the resolution (dots per inch) with which you work.

• Colors

  To work with higher contrast, you could customize both the color of the lines and the background opacity.

• Monitor

  This panel only appears if you have multiple monitors. Simply reports that you could change the display using the arrow keys.

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