_jcc_ Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Same on iPad with APu/Ade 2. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 A workaround for the time being would be: delete the three (or two, depending on Cap mode) nodes to remove the hole inside the triangle Geometry > Add, to merge everything into a single closed curve Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Did you try converting to curves first before expand stroke? Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 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. Old Bruce 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted January 16, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2023 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! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 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 lepr, Dan C, Paul Mudditt and 2 others 5 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jcc_ Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 thanks for the replies and the tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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