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February 2013

Linkage Program

Linkage 2.8 Beta Test

New Ribbon Bar The first obvious change from version 2.8 is the ribbon bar. The image above shows the ribbon bar with the various menus all shown. None of the core mechanism editing and simulation features have changed. The arrangement of the ribbon bar buttons have changed and…

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Microsoft Dropping a Ball

Microsoft provided me with the library code needed to create a Ribbon Bar but they dropped the ball on designing one part of the system that I really need right now. Take a look at this version of the Linkage program ribbon bar: The Labels, Angles, and Video…

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The Checkbox Debate

I cannot decide which type of check box I should use for drop down menus in the Linkage program. The only one that is low on the list is the ordinary Windows checkbox because I would need to write a lot of extra code to get things spaced…

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Non-Mechanism Drawing Features in Linkage Program

Testing Drawing Features I am planning on a big feature addition to the Linkage program. The new drawing feature will allow a user to draw points, lines, and polygons, as non-functioning elements in their mechanism. These are essentially drawing elements that have no effect on the simulated mechanism…

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