|
Guides about topics in EToys Help screens for the OLPC XO machine. NavBar Toggle Hide Show Paint Halo Supplies Holder Players Tool ObjectCat Polygon Books ScriptTile Two Color Test Wrap Overlaps Dot Menu Drop Shadow Painting Ticks Per Second Bring to Front Decimal Places Grid and Snap to Grid |
|
Squeak Etoys is a "media authoring tool"-- software that you can download to your computer
and then use to create your own media. You can write out your project and share it with others.
Etoys runs on any Mac or Windows machine, as well as on the OLPC XO machine.
It is free.
Find out about Etoys.
Text of this guide (for searching): Menu Tools: Grid, Gridding, and Snap to Grid
A useful tool for when objects should be in strict alignment on a grid.
There are grid menus for the world, playfields, and book's pages.
Move the blue rectangle inside the playfield. Watch it: snap to grid. Open a white menu for this book's page and click on: playfield options.
Experiment with the grid options in the dialogue boxes that open. Grids can be adapted to suit your project ideas.
The origin of the grid can be 0@0 in the lower left corner of an area or, it can be anywhere you assign it.
The grid size is your choice too.
The grid does not have to be visible to be effective in a finished project. Gridding aligns this puzzle's tiles. How many different designs can be made with these tiles?.
