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Dimension tool: no construction guides through a first point off the anchors - #7477

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What and why

#3973 by vecteza gave the Dimension tool's Linear picks Smart Guides, and with it the second point snapped onto the construction guides through the first point. This changes that behavior. By VectorCraft's own rule, the second point now has no construction guides through a first point that is not on an anchor. A click beside a segment straight below such a first point lands on the segment instead of staying on the vertical guide through the first point.

After a first point picked on an anchor, the construction guides through it still apply, as before. The second point still snaps to anchors, centers and alignment lines, and with Snap to Perpendicular or Snap to Tangent on, it lands where the line from the first point meets a segment square or grazes a curve.

DimensionTool::snap_linear (crates/tools/src/dimension.rs) passes Leave::contact for a first point without an anchor link and keeps Leave::segment for one on an anchor. docs/dimensions.md describes the rule. In docs/target-app-parity.md, the example of a point on the vertical construction guide is removed from the line #7092 added, since this change makes it untrue, and a new evidence line follows that line.

How it was tested

  • crates/tools/src/dimension.rs: a_point_on_a_guide_stays_on_the_guide now checks that beside the edge below a first point off the anchors the pick lands on the edge, and that away from the art it stays at the pointer. New the_second_point_after_an_anchor_lands_on_construction_guides checks that after a first point on an anchor the second point lands on the 45 degree guide, and that the same offset from a first point off the anchors stays at the pointer. New the_second_point_lands_square_to_a_segment_or_grazing_a_curve checks the perpendicular foot on a slanted line and a tangent point on a circle, each with its label and at a place no construction guide reaches, and that with both options off the foot is not taken.
  • crates/engine/tests/it/dimensions.rs: linear_picks_show_and_snap_to_smart_guides (from Dimension tool: Linear picks show and snap to Smart Guides #3973) now expects the second pick in line with the bottom edge instead of on the vertical through the first point.

a_point_on_a_guide_stays_on_the_guide and linear_picks_show_and_snap_to_smart_guides fail with the old Leave::segment for every first point, and the_second_point_after_an_anchor_lands_on_construction_guides fails with Leave::contact for every first point. The perpendicular and tangent test passes either way and guards the behavior that stays.

Commands run on this branch:

  • cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-tools -p vectorcraft-engine --all-targets -- -D warnings: clean.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-tools -p vectorcraft-engine: 21 test binaries and 2 doc-test runs, 8,193 passed, 0 failed, 4 ignored.
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check: reports only crates/svg/src/lib.rs:491, which is already on main and which fmt: format crates/svg/src/lib.rs #7400 fixes; no file in this branch.

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  • cargo xtask ci passes (fmt, clippy, tests, assets, brands, layers, wasm).
  • No panics in shipped code: no unwrap(), expect(), panic!, unreachable!, todo! or
    unimplemented! outside tests, and no unchecked indexing on data from files, parameters or
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    (why and how).
  • Clean-room: nothing copied from Adobe products or GPL/AGPL code (AGENTS.md).
  • Every new asset has a row in ASSETS.md.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Linear dimensions now snap the second point more predictably: construction guides through the first point apply only when it was picked on an anchor. Perpendicular and tangent snapping remain available, and the pointer stays in place when no snap applies.
    • Points already on a guide can align with another object’s guide within the Smart Guides tolerance.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified Linear dimension snapping behavior and updated related guidance.

…anchors

With Smart Guides on, the Dimension tool's second point snapped onto the
construction guides through the first point (Smart Guides › Construction
Guides), so a click beside a segment straight below a first point that
was not on an anchor stayed on the vertical guide instead of landing on
the segment.

The second point now has no construction guides through a first point
that is not on an anchor. After a first point picked on an anchor, the
construction guides through it still apply. The second point still snaps
to anchors, centers and alignment lines, and with Snap to Perpendicular
or Snap to Tangent on it lands where the line from the first point meets
a segment square or grazes a curve.

Docs: docs/dimensions.md, docs/target-app-parity.md.
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Walkthrough

The Dimension tool now selects second-point guide-leave behavior based on whether the first point is linked to an anchor. Tests and documentation describe the resulting construction-guide, segment, and curve snapping behavior.

Changes: Dimension snapping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Second-point snapping behavior
crates/tools/src/dimension.rs, crates/engine/tests/it/dimensions.rs, crates/tools/src/guides/snap.rs, docs/dimensions.md, docs/target-app-parity.md
An unlinked first point no longer provides a construction guide that constrains the second point. Perpendicular and tangent snapping remain available. An anchor-linked first point retains construction-guide snapping. Tests and documentation cover these behaviors and guide-alignment cases.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: aiongg, bflatastic

Merge Risk: Low · up to b79ca

The Dimension tool's second-point snapping change looks consistent with its tests and docs. Before merging, add the dated revision entry that the parity document requires. This is a documentation-only follow-up with no runtime risk.

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@dotCooCoo heads-up: main failed CI at fmt (and wasm) after the craft-libs migration (#7398); #7454 and #7407 fixed both. Gate runs from that window failed on main's formatting, not on your changes, and a re-run reuses the old merge commit, so these need a new push (merging current main is enough) to get a clean run. They're reviewed and will merge once green: #7021 #7103 #7126 #7137 #7151 #7229 #7261 #7268 #7273 #7276 #7291 #7307 #7312 #7314 #7316 #7327 #7333 #7337 #7338 #7350 #7353 #7354 #7367 #7368 #7375 #7383 #7386 #7396 #7399 #7401 #7402 #7403 #7404 #7405 #7406 #7408 #7409 #7410 #7412 #7413 #7414 #7415 #7416 #7418 #7419 #7420 #7421 #7422 #7423 #7425 #7426 #7427 #7428 #7429 #7430 #7431 #7432 #7433 #7434 #7435 #7436 #7437 #7438 #7439 #7441 #7442 #7443 #7444 #7445 #7446 #7447 #7448 #7449 #7450 #7451 #7452 #7455 #7456 #7457 #7458 #7459 #7460 #7461 #7462 #7463 #7464 #7465 #7466 #7467 #7468 #7469 #7470 #7471 #7472 #7473 #7474 #7475 #7476 #7477

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