Expand stroke with arrow result in unexpected gap?

[_jcc_]

Expand stroke with arrow results in unexpected gap between stroke and arrow tip (in version V2.0.3)?

See images below: normal rendering, outline and stroke properties.

Or is it because I have a setting that affects the expansion?...

I tried this in the V1 - no gaps - works as expected.

 

 

Normal rendering:

   

same, but expanded version selected, to see the points:

  

Outline (to show the structure of the shapes):

Stroke properties:

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by _jcc_
typo, image size, version number

[loukash]

Same on iPad with APu/Ade 2.

[loukash]

A workaround for the time being would be:

1. delete the three (or two, depending on Cap mode) nodes to remove the hole inside the triangle
2. Geometry > Add, to merge everything into a single closed curve

[Paul Mudditt]

Did you try converting to curves first before expand stroke?

[loukash]

49 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said:

converting to curves first before expand stroke?

It's not about the Arrow shape, it's about the stroke Start/End attributes. 

The bug here in v2 is that Expand Stroke is actually performing a destructive Xor boolean operation. Which it shouldn't.
I vaguely remember seeing it reported before, or something similar.

[Dan C]

Hi @_jcc_,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

Thanks for your report - I can confirm I've been able to replicate this issue here and I'm getting it logged with our devs now.

I hope this helps!

[Old Bruce]

In the meantime in Version 2 there is a Toolbar item you can use, I don't think it is part of the Default set so you'll need to add the Geometry group.

Before and After

   

[_jcc_]

thanks for the replies and the tips.