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THANKS for the Contour tool!


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A tool like Illustrator's Offset Path is absolutely critical for many of my laser cutter projects ... thanks a million for putting it in our toolbox. And it has the miter option, also required for my needs! This makes a really big impact on my effort to abandon Adobe 100%. 

Well, I think Inkscape has the feature too, but I'd rather poke out my eye than use Inkscape most days. ;) 

As others have said it would be nice to have an option to leave the original object behind too, sure. But for my projects I only need one contour on any object and I actually love how it works now, remembering that the object has a contour on it until you bake it in. I'm usually adding a contour of ~0.007" (or half that) which you can't see at normal working zooms ... so having a reminder in the toolbar that an object has been contoured is fantastic. 

FYI, I use the feature to make laser cut parts that snap together like puzzle pieces, for example this journal cover. 

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