ljfm Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 Hello everybody, I create a stroke sharped, but when try to expand to convert it in a shape vectorized, turn in to a curve. I think this is a bad bug. I send an attach bellow to explain what happened. "I've read a few posts on the topic of expanded paths and I can see that this creates errors. I think the tool should be revised. It can be fixed manually but it slows down the workflow as you can see." (Working on Win11 desktop with Affinity Designer V2, 2.5.5 version). Cheers. Quote
Hangman Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 Hi @ljfm, It possibly depends on how you've constructed the shape in the first place... Can you upload the file where you're seeing this happen so we can take a look... Running a quick test, expanding the stroke works as expected but I'm pretty sure you didn't construct your 'G' in the same way... Expand Stroke.mp4 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
joe_l Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 Maybe it works, when the Stroke Align is set to Middle and not to the Outside like the OP had? Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta
Hangman Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 1 minute ago, joe_l said: Maybe it works, when the Stroke Align is set to Middle? With an Open Curve, the stroke can only be set to Middle... ljfm 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
joe_l Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 The screenshot tells something else. Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta
Hangman Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 6 minutes ago, joe_l said: The screenshot tells something else. Setting the stroke to inside or outside does not affect the stroke itself when the curve is open despite the change in the thumbnail appearance in the layers panel... the screenshot shows 'Align stroke to inside' in the stroke panel but the stroke itself still shows it is centre aligned... Expand Stroke v2.mp4 ljfm 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
ljfm Posted October 2, 2024 Author Posted October 2, 2024 9 minutes ago, Hangman said: Hi @ljfm, It possibly depends on how you've constructed the shape in the first place... Can you upload the file where you're seeing this happen so we can take a look... Running a quick test, expanding the stroke works as expected but I'm pretty sure you didn't construct your 'G' in the same way... Expand Stroke.mp4 1.49 MB · 0 downloads 17 minutes ago, Hangman said: Hi @ljfm, It possibly depends on how you've constructed the shape in the first place... Can you upload the file where you're seeing this happen so we can take a look... Running a quick test, expanding the stroke works as expected but I'm pretty sure you didn't construct your 'G' in the same way... Expand Stroke.mp4 1.49 MB · 0 downloads I don`t know why this behavior, i try to do again but works fine now... Is a mistery. ¿?¿?¿ Quote
Hangman Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 Just now, ljfm said: I don`t know why this behavior, i try to do again but works fine now... Is a mistery. ¿?¿?¿ A mystery indeed but I'm glad it's now working correctly for you... Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
ljfm Posted October 2, 2024 Author Posted October 2, 2024 Just now, ljfm said: I don`t know why this behavior, i try to do again but works fine now... Is a mistery. ¿?¿?¿ Sorry the file was deleted, i find this and send it to the forum. If i find this again i will send. Thanks anyways! Quote
ljfm Posted October 2, 2024 Author Posted October 2, 2024 Hi again, Can i expand an arrow with a few clicks! Thanks! Quote
ljfm Posted October 2, 2024 Author Posted October 2, 2024 Just now, ljfm said: Hi again, Can i expand an arrow with a few clicks! Thanks! Sorry is a question. *? Quote
Hangman Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 37 minutes ago, ljfm said: Can i expand an arrow with a few clicks! That should work but feel free to upload your file... Expand Stroke v3.mp4 ljfm 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
ljfm Posted October 3, 2024 Author Posted October 3, 2024 On 10/2/2024 at 12:12 PM, Hangman said: That should work but feel free to upload your file... Expand Stroke v3.mp4 781.62 kB · 0 downloads You are using Mac... Me in Windows... hmmm hmm. Quote
Hangman Posted October 3, 2024 Posted October 3, 2024 6 minutes ago, ljfm said: You are using Mac... Me in Windows... hmmm hmm. It's working correctly for me on Windows as well... 🤔 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
bbrother Posted October 3, 2024 Posted October 3, 2024 @Hangman whether the arrowhead will be expanded correctly or not it depends of the the drawing direction of the line and on which end of the line the arrowhead is placed. This has something to do with `winding fill mode`. Draw a line Turn on `Show orientation` If you place the triangle arrowhead on the node that has this red `Show orientation` indicator and red outline after expanding you will see that hole in the arrow If you place the arrowhead on the opposite node that one that doesn't have that `Show orientation` indicator (your example) the arrowhead expands correctly. Hope this make sense for you Hangman There were requests while back ago that this doesn't work as expected in V2 while it worked fine in V1. ljfm and Hangman 2 Quote
Hangman Posted October 3, 2024 Posted October 3, 2024 @bbrother, Thanks for the link, that certainly appears to be the issue for the arrow though switching the Fill Mode to Winding doesn't fix the problem but at least it's already logged as a bug... Hopefully, we'll see a fix soon... ljfm 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
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