Oberon Object Tiler File
Overdraw (drawing the same pixel multiple times) is the enemy of mobile GPUs and high-framerate rendering. In a naive painter's algorithm, a background object draws a pixel, then a foreground object draws over it. With the Oberon Object Tiler, because per-tile sorting resolves depth early, the renderer can implement at the tile level. Objects that are entirely occluded are never even fetched from memory.
: It works seamlessly with the Oberon Gadget system, which provides the base class for all interactive UI elements. Oberon Object Tiler
The Oberon Object Tiler is a free VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macro designed for CorelDRAW. Its core function is simple yet incredibly powerful: it takes a selected object—such as a business card design, a label, a badge, or any other graphic element—and automatically duplicates it across your page in a grid pattern, tiling the page efficiently. The macro is designed to maximize the use of space, ensuring that as many copies as possible fit onto your sheet. This is a common requirement for anyone printing multiple identical items on a single sheet of paper or label stock. Overdraw (drawing the same pixel multiple times) is
: It can automatically generate standard crop/cut marks for each object, which is essential for professional printing of business cards or flyers. Objects that are entirely occluded are never even
The Oberon Object Tiler reminds us that the history of computing isn't a straight line. Sometimes, the most "modern" solutions are simply the re-discovery of brilliant ideas from the past, stripped of bloat and designed with purpose.