catlover Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 Tried the contour tool on a converted svg file. File converted from jpg to svg > Opened in AffDes > saved as afdesign file > closed file > opened again in afdesign format > selected curve > clicked contour tool > immediate crash. See crash report & drawing file attached. sports3.afdesign Contour-tool crash.txt sports3.svg
Staff Sean P Posted November 12, 2020 Staff Posted November 12, 2020 Hi Catlover, We're aware of this crash when using the Contour Tool - it should be fixed in the next release! Thanks for letting us know.
Staff MattP Posted November 12, 2020 Staff Posted November 12, 2020 Should be fixed by this, sorry: catlover 1
catlover Posted November 13, 2020 Author Posted November 13, 2020 Hello, I've tried out the contour tool in Aff.Des.Beta 1.9.0.8. I found that upon completion of the contouring, when clicking "Bake Appearance " the original object disappears. By that I mean that I'm left with just the contoured object and the selection box, nothing else. Is this tool behaviour correct ? Furthermore, the CAP and FILL buttons in the toolbar are still not fully visible when in the light mode. Please see screen recording. ContourTool_1908.mov
Staff Sean P Posted November 13, 2020 Staff Posted November 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, catlover said: Hello, I've tried out the contour tool in Aff.Des.Beta 1.9.0.8. I found that upon completion of the contouring, when clicking "Bake Appearance " the original object disappears. By that I mean that I'm left with just the contoured object and the selection box, nothing else. Is this tool behaviour correct ? Furthermore, the CAP and FILL buttons in the toolbar are still not fully visible when in the light mode. Please see screen recording. ContourTool_1908.mov This is by design - the Contour is applied to the original object and instead of being an extension to your original curve, it becomes your new curve object. It is probably easier to see with a fill colour. The Cap and Fill buttons not being visible in Light UI is a known issue.
catlover Posted November 13, 2020 Author Posted November 13, 2020 Thank you for your super speedy answer. Still, I would have thought that a "contour" is exactly that : an outline of an existing object, not in combination with a disappearing act . I guess that means we'll have to duplicate the original first before creating a contour. Thanks again
Staff Sean P Posted November 13, 2020 Staff Posted November 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, catlover said: Thank you for your super speedy answer. Still, I would have thought that a "contour" is exactly that : an outline of an existing object, not in combination with a disappearing act . I guess that means we'll have to duplicate the original first before creating a contour. Thanks again That's not a problem, but you only lose the original curve of your object if you hit 'Bake Appearance'. If you want a contour, but don't want to lose the original curves then just avoid clicking 'Bake Appearance'. It is similar to how using Bake Appearance with the Corner Tool will mean your corners are no longer editable using the tool.
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