Artem Shush Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Hey! As I always had problems with expanding strokes with rounded ending, the first thing I checked for is this. As you see, it has stroke pressure applied, has a round end, has a corner. If previously the same result produced an accurate line only without the rounded cap completely, now it seems even more buggy. I don't want to get into drama mode, but I would really like to see that shit finally got together, so I don't need to find some alternative to both Adobe and Affinity. The issue may seem custom and small, but I design logos on the daily basis. I'm tired of buggy lines. Hope, at least, the issue with round shapes not being properly round after Boolean transformations got fixed. Still need to check. Edited February 26, 2020 by Pears Posters Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted February 26, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 26, 2020 Hi Pears Posters, Thanks for letting us know - judging by the screenshots your curve uses the Corner Tool? I tried a similar curve without the Corner Tool and it was fine, but using the Corner Tool I was getting the cap of the curve cut off - even after baking the corners. Would you mind sharing your file please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Shush Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) 1) Yeah, getting caps chopped off completely still apears and bugs me. 2) After some testing, the initial problem seems to be connected to the fact that baking a corner produces a point at the same place as the line end. If such points were automaticaly merged before expanding, that could solve the problem, maybe? 3) Found an old issue bugging me about pressure strokes having glitches in some cases (described in the file). corner_tool_broken_cap_after_expand.afdesign Edited February 27, 2020 by Pears Posters added screenshot Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristAlix Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Oh yes, the eternal "Expand Stroke" dilemma of AD! The "Expand Stroke" function is still not very useful for logo designs. Compared to the previous version, the results are noticeably better but unfortunately not good. But with all due respect, making round ends into square ones should not be possible under any circumstances! Line.afdesign Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 27, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hi ChristAlix, Thanks for the report and file. I've added it to out log/report to be tested against new code revisions. If you happen to stumble across another cases please let us know/post the file. Thank you. Hi Pears Posters, Welcome to Affinity Forums Thanks for the files/report. I've also added them to our log. Let us know if you stumble upon more cases where the expand stroke command fails. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kareldries Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I noticed a possibly related issue, my version is 1.8.0.555 on Windows, I don't have access to my Mac here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 27, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hi kareldries, We are already aware of this one. It also fails with the Double Star Tool. It's already logged to be looked at. Thank you for letting us know. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbournane massinissa Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hello , big problem with expend strok any issues ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 27, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hi benbournane massinissa, Welcome to Affinity Forums Do you mind attaching the original afdesign file from where you took the screenshot above please? Thank you. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbournane massinissa Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, benbournane massinissa said: Hello , big problem with expend strok any issues ? test_contour.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFKOM Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.584 - Designer Persona - Windows 10 STROKE1.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 9 hours ago, MEB said: Hi benbournane massinissa, Welcome to Affinity Forums Do you mind attaching the original afdesign file from where you took the screenshot above please? Thank you. It is easy to recreate. Expand stroke from here. expand-stroke-not-working.afdesign Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Another similar variant: expand-stroke-not-working-variant-2.afdesign Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Morris Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Hi, I'm experiencing this issue in version 1.10 on Windows 10, any update on a fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Kellett Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Found an easy solution double tap into the curve and add some more points especially at the ends that should fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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