Square up
version 10.0

1998-2001 Rick Johnson/Graffix
http://rj-graffix.com

Square Up is a plug-in filter for Adobe Illustrator 10 that takes selected paths with two or more anchor points and:

1) Makes all points corner points.
2) Checks the angles of adjacent segments.
3) If they're within 20 degrees of perpendicular, it makes them perpendicular.

To use the filter, select one or more paths that you'd like to make perpendicular. Then select Paths -> Square Up from the Filters menu. A dialog box will appear giving you four options.

- Paths will be made square along the 0 and 90 axis.

- Paths will be made square along the current constrain angle, as specified in your preferences.

- Paths will be squared along the dominant axis within the selection. Dominance is determined by the length and the number of lines at a particular angle.

- Control handles will be retracted into the anchor points. Anchor points will not be moved.

To bypass the dialog box, simply press these modifier keys as you select the plugin from the menu:

- Press the Command/Control key and paths will be made square along the 0 and 90 axis.

- Press the Shift key, and paths will be made square along the current constrain angle.

- Press the Option/Alt key, and paths will be squared along the dominant axis within the selection.

- Press the Control key (Macintosh only) and all control handles will be retracted into the anchor points. Anchor points will not be moved.

Square Up requires Adobe Illustrator version 10, under Mac OS, Mac OS X, or Windows. To install the plugin, just drop it into Adobe Illustrator's Plug-ins folder.

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Registering

Feel free to use this filter for an evaluation period of 50 uses. If you find the filter useful, please register your software. To do this, you'll need to provide:

- Your name
- Your address
- Your email address, if you have one
- The name, version and platform of the software you're registering
- The user name or business name as it appears in the plugin's Registration dialog box

You can pay the $10 registration fee ($30 site license) in either of three ways.

1) Send U.S. funds or Japanese Money order to:

Rick Johnson/Graffix
2216 Allen Lane
Waukesha, WI  53186-1651  USA

2) Register online with your charge card at <http://rj-graffix.com/>. Click the "Register Software" link to go to Kagi's secure order form (be sure to include your user name or business name in the 'Note to vendor" field).

3) Use the Register program to purchase through Kagi (be sure to click the comment icon to include your user name or business name).

I'll send you a code to register the software, by email if possible.

You can find more help registering your software at <http://rj-graffix.com/software/help>.

Be sure to check the Graffix Web site for updates and other new products. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. 1998-2003 Rick Johnson/Graffix. All rights reserved.

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What the heck is Graffix? Some huge corporation? Nope. It's just me, an illustrator. You see, I'm not only the programmer and Webmaster, but I spend most of my time actually using the tools I create.

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Legalese:

This software may be freely distributed provided 1) no fee is charged for it, 2) the software is accompanied with this read-me file, with both the read-me file and plugin unaltered from the original, and 3) it is *not* accompanied by a registration code.

User has 50 free uses in which to determine whether the software is suitable to his/her needs. Rick Johnson/Graffix assumes no responsibility nor liability for any damages or consequences arising from the use or misuse of this software. Heck, if the wealthiest person in the world and the largest software company on earth can't guarantee smooth sailing under any unforseen conditions, how can a meager illustrator do that?