marcNOR

First Day user today, checking out the basic functions
Glaring omission is a proper path offset tool with total precision - I cant work without this so at present AFdesigner is useless to me, but im very impressed with the program so far, Layer Effect Offset is nice but no substitute unless there is a way to convert it accurately into a real object
Also, even though my document is im mm, the layer outline works in px, which is no good, and I cant set negative values either
 
Now lets suppose I find a workaround using real strokes and the expand stroke tool - Now I am stuck because I just want a single solid outer stroke, which at present means I have to manually delete all the inner stroke nodes and paths. - Some kind of decompose curves tool is desperately needed.
(Edit)
• I found that you can set many dialogs to work in mm in the preferences (instead of px), with custom precision decimal places
• I created a negative offset path by setting the stroke on the inside
• I used the expand stroke menuitem to create an offset copy of the object
• and that I can select a single node on the inner/outer ring of the new object, CTRL+A to select all the connected nodes, and press delete
• thus allowing me a slighly convoluted workaround for creating a precise offset path as a seperate object.
Would still prefer a simple Create Outline tool for all this - but it is possible!