Posted by georgesbasement on Aug 10, 2017; 1:13pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Rotating-tabs-inconsistencies-tp5715190p5715200.html

Thanks to dellus for mentioning that there is a later stable version of LC than mine. I have been checking Trisquel's software update & upgrade functions, but that branch of Linux, which is based on Ubuntu, but from which every shred of proprietary (non-free, per the Free Software Foundation) software has been removed, hasn't yet caught up. In the meantime, I'm not aware of any troublesome bugs ... just slow learning on my part.

In the morning today, having recovered a little from my case of sleepy eye, I went back a little and studied one of my earlier posts and re-learned the procedure for creating blocks. What has been successful for my most recent drawing (various brackets and links) for the same project is that I opened each of my (not-yet-block) blocks (those of the eight compass orientations) for edit, selected the "Create Block" icon from the left-side toolbar, then used "Select All" from the upper-edge toolbar, picked a reference point, and then saved the newly created _real_ block with a (slightly) new block name.  Once I did all eight blocks, I could then select them one-at-a-time and use the "Import Block" item from the "Block" menu to poke the selected block into appropriate places on the drawing. I could then adjust the positions of the resulting tabs to be closer to the outlines of the selected objects. Putting the block/tabs onto all of the objects in the drawing took less than ten minutes. Adjusting them will take a little longer. These are destined for laser cutting from a sheet of quarter-inch-thick steel flat stock.

Thanks again,
Best regards,
georgesbasement