Ducks - Revision history

D.j.a.y: /* But why ducks ? */ add ducks in nval construction images

2013-04-23T07:52:11Z

‎But why ducks ?: add ducks in nval construction images

D.j.a.y: formating / add Gallery / Splash entry by pixelgeek: duck

2013-04-23T07:33:50Z

formating / add Gallery / Splash entry by pixelgeek: duck

D.j.a.y: /* Synfig's Ducks after 2013 Terminology Rewrite Sprint */ smoking duck in snow

2013-04-15T03:39:46Z

‎Synfig's Ducks after 2013 Terminology Rewrite Sprint: smoking duck in snow

D.j.a.y: bold previous name

2013-02-18T20:13:01Z

bold previous name

D.j.a.y: fun and historical reason.... http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4056&start=60#p17888

2013-02-18T20:12:05Z

fun and historical reason.... http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4056&start=60#p17888

Genete: New page with the story of Ducks

2013-02-18T15:41:39Z

New page with the story of Ducks

New page

= But why ducks ? =

Why 'ducks'? According to [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_25/schneider.html Philip J. Schneider]:
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Back in the days before computers, architects, engineers, and artists would draw their designs for buildings, roads, machine parts, and the like by using pencil, paper, and various drafting tools. These tools included rulers and T-squares for drawing straight lines, compasses for drawing circles and circular arcs, and triangles and protractors for making precise angles.
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Of course, a lot of interesting-shaped objects couldn't be drawn with just these simple tools, because they had curved parts that weren't just circles or ellipses. Often, a curve was needed that went smoothly through a number of predetermined points. This problem was particularly acute in shipbuilding: although a skilled artist or draftsman could reliably hand-draw such curves on a drafting table, shipbuilders often needed to make life-size (or nearly life-size) drawings, where the sheer size of the required curves made hand drawing impossible. Because of their great size, such drawings were often done in the loft area of a large building, by a specialist known as a loftsman. To aid in the task, the loftsman would employ long, thin, flexible strips of wood, plastic, or metal, called splines. The splines were held in place with lead weights, called ducks because of their resemblance to the feathered creature of the same name.
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Also, according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_spline wikipedia]:
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Before computers were used for creating engineering designs, drafting tools were employed by designers drawing by hand. To draw curves, especially for shipbuilding, draftsmen often used long, thin, flexible strips of wood, plastic, or metal called a spline (or a lath, not to be confused with lathe). The splines were held in place with lead weights (called ducks because of their duck like shape).
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See http://www.boatsofwood.com/lofting%20ducks/lofting_ducks.htm for some photos of real lofting ducks in action.

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-See http://www.boatsofwood.com/lofting%20ducks/lofting_ducks.htm and http://perryboat.sail2live.com/yacht_design_according_to_perry/2011/11/my-last-blog-entry-on.html for some photos of real lofting ducks in action.
+<gallery  widths=350px heights=350px perrow=2 caption="photos of real lofting ducks in action">
 = Synfig's Ducks after 2013 Terminology Rewrite Sprint =

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 In the beginning of January 2013 a [http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4056 Terminology Rewrite Sprint] has been done in Synfig.
-A lot of Synfig unique terminology has changed, Curves Panel -> Graphs Panel , Encapsulate -> Group, Paste Canvas / Inline Canvas layer -> Group layer, Group -> Set,  BLine -> Spline, Params Panel -> Parameters Panel, Children Panel -> Library Panel, CPoint -> Color Stop.
+A lot of Synfig unique terminology has changed :
 The most important and unique one was the renaming of Duck -> Handle.
 After some passionate and sentimental moments (in Synfig [http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4056#p17502 forums] for example), now the duck have take her own life out the Synfig software.
-We have received some report from behind the great wall of China who said the have seen them.
+<gallery  widths=200px heights=200px perrow=4 caption="Halls of ducks Fame">
+File:Duck History OutOfSynfig.jpeg|We have received some report from behind the great wall of China who said the have seen them.
-[[File:Duck History OutOfSynfig.jpeg|frame|center]]
+File:Canard.gif|Winter in Mediterranean Alpes could be rude for ducks .... ''Smoke effect - Synfig based on genete particle v2.3 / Gif PostProd - TheGimp''
+File:Duck.png|Splash entry by pixelgeek: duck
-And seems that the winter in Mediterranean Alpes could be rude for ducks ....
+</gallery>
-[[File:Canard.gif|frame|center|Smoke effect - Synfig based on genete particule v2.3 / Gif PostProd - TheGimp]]

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 The most important and unique one was the renaming of Duck -> Handle.
-After some passionate and sentimental moments (in Synfig [http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4056#p17502 forums] for example), now the duck have take her own life out the Synfig software. We have received some report from behind the great wall of China who said the have seen them.
+After some passionate and sentimental moments (in Synfig [http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4056#p17502 forums] for example), now the duck have take her own life out the Synfig software.
-[[File:Duck History OutOfSynfig.jpeg|center]]
+We have received some report from behind the great wall of China who said the have seen them.

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 = History of Synfig's Ducks =
-Back to the roots, Ducks, was in Synfig Studio the previous name of the {{l|Handle|Handles}} that could be used to control some Parameters of a Layer.
+Back to the roots, Ducks, was in Synfig Studio the '''previous name''' of the {{l|Handle|Handles}} that could be used to control some Parameters of a Layer.
 For example, a circle would had one Duck to control the position of its center, and another to control its radius.