Sibelius migrant's question

[Premislaus]

Hello!

I’ve just started testing Dorico, I’m really considering switching to it after all life long working with Sibelius.
Dorico is great with the things it can do, but I try to test its limits…

Could you help me with these things?

1. Frames – I add it in the engrave mode
   1a) Changing the border type – for example for dotted?
   1b) Linking it with the instrument (or player) so it will automatically be shown in a part?

2. Custom lines – oh this is sooo important
   This is an excerpt from my piece:
   

   
   
   As you see – there are frames, but more important is that there are several custom lines. Is it feasible in Dorico?

3. Arrows:
   Simple ones, like this:
   
   Can it be done?

4. Harp pedaling – is there any native solution for it already? I’ve found some musical font solving on the forum, but it was quite an old thread…

I will really appreciate your help with this – you can believe there is very serious decision to be made for me here

Regards!

[pianoleo]

Bear with for a little while longer. 2) and 3) have basically been promised for Dorico v3, which appears to be coming soon. I’m not sure about 1) - it’s certainly not how it works at the moment; and 4) isn’t currently natively supported but there are ways round it.

[jacobrmoss]

I feel your pain Premislaus. I deal with a lot of aleatoric music at the studio, and am often forced to use another program (though I would much prefer Dorico) until these become implemented… I can’t wait for the update!