Brian M Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I'm seeing an odd bug with the corner tool where some nodes are ignored by it, even when all are selected by it. I have reduced it to a simple example and attached the file. Notice how there are five sharp corners. There are no extra nodes in the shape. I tried closing and reopening as suggested in https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/123720-weird-thinks-happens-while-using-corner-tool/, but that didn't help. If I export to SVG, then open the SVG in Designer, it works fine. corner-bug.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I think you've got some tiny, but non-zero length rays/handles on those nodes that are causing issues. I can select the nodes, convert to sharp and reapply the rounding and it seems to work. Sean P and Brian M 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 You're right, thank you! No idea how they got there – some of them are invisible even at max zoom level – but that fixes the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Happy to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Turns out they are zero-length. This is the path data. <path d="M46.694,15.778C46.694,15.778 46.694,0 46.694,0C46.694,0 31.129,0 31.129,0L31.129,15.565L15.778,15.565L15.778,0L0,0L0,15.778L15.565,15.778C15.565,15.778 15.565,31.129 15.565,31.129C15.565,31.129 0,31.129 0,31.129L0,46.907L15.565,46.907C15.565,46.907 15.565,62.472 15.565,62.472L31.343,62.472L31.343,46.694L15.778,46.694L15.778,31.343L31.343,31.343L31.343,15.778L46.694,15.778Z"/> Probably the result of a zero-width offset operation or something. When the exported svg is re-imported, the unnecessary control points get removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted July 1, 2021 Staff Share Posted July 1, 2021 Hi Brian M Glad prophet has been able to help you. Unfortunately without knowing how these handles were created there isn't anything we can investigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 @BrianM I'm not sure how you went about creating your graphic but I think it's just a case of ensuring accuracy... looking at the graphic you attached it looks to me as though you've created it using a series of shapes but that your shapes are not aligned accurately before applying any Boolean Operations... I would draw my source shapes ensuring they are aligned and snapped to a grid and then do something like this... Corner Shape Creation.afdesign Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2402) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/1/2021 at 5:46 AM, Hangman said: @BrianM I'm not sure how you went about creating your graphic but I think it's just a case of ensuring accuracy... looking at the graphic you attached it looks to me as though you've created it using a series of shapes but that your shapes are not aligned accurately before applying any Boolean Operations... The example was reduced for simplicity, but the original curve is a twin dragon curve, and was generated programmatically and is accurate. It was done a while ago so I can't remember all the details, but what you are seeing is the result of processing done on the curve afterward in Affinity. I likely did a stroke and offset it to create a curve with some width that I could work with and turn into a solid. Whatever it is, the zero-length handles are the result of some operation within Affinity. I'll keep my eyes open for it to happen again, and hopefully can figure out which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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