Can transform curves inside of object

[cvakator]

Hi,

I don't know how but I can't somehow change size of subtracted object inside of object. I can move it but that's it. 

 

[Alfred]

You’ve selected all of the interior nodes (perhaps by dragging out a marquee around them) so when you move one the others move along with it. Click away from the selected nodes to deselect them all, and then click to select only the one that you want to move.

[cvakator]

Sorry. I don't get it. It's one object. 

 

[toltec]

Because you have selected every single node inside, you are not moving the inner shape, but actually moving every single node at once.

See below, firstdefence to the rescue 

[firstdefence]

1. Using the Node tool, select all of the nodes for the interior shape
   
2. 

[gdenby]

The nodes can be re-scaled using the transform panel. For instance, w all the inner nodes selected, go to the transform panel. There is a little grid item that lets you select from where the transform will be made. From your pic, I'm supposing the center point is what you want. And also, that you want to make the transform identical for x and y. Click on the linky thing on the right side of the panel. Then type a specific value into one of the x/y field, or an expression like *2. All the nodes will scale.

[gdenby]

As better described by firstdefence.

[firstdefence]

Great minds think alike 

[cvakator]

Thank you, 

Pheww.... I quiet miss some basic transform tool instead as you show. I understand Affinity needs a lot of improvements but like in Illustrator you select inside the curve and you can do whatever you want.  

[gdenby]

2 minutes ago, cvakator said:

Thank you, 

Pheww.... I quiet miss some basic transform tool instead as you show. I understand Affinity needs a lot of improvements but like in Illustrator you select inside the curve and you can do whatever you want.  

At this point, you can rotate and skew the points using the sliders in the transform panel. But no scaling yet.

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, gdenby said:

At this point, you can rotate and skew the points using the sliders in the transform panel. But no scaling yet.

You can by using the method @firstdefence showed: just lock W & H so they change proportionally, select the center (or some other) anchor point & change either H or W. There are no sliders for this but you can click & scrub back & forth on the W or H text character to get the same effect.

[gdenby]

15 hours ago, R C-R said:

You can by using the method @firstdefence showed: just lock W & H so they change proportionally, select the center (or some other) anchor point & change either H or W. There are no sliders for this but you can click & scrub back & forth on the W or H text character to get the same effect.

Did not know one could scrub. Good to know, Thx.

[firstdefence]

15 minutes ago, gdenby said:

Did not know one could scrub. Good to know, Thx.

You can also hold shift down and it will increment in units of 10, got that from a very reliable R C-R source. 

[Alfred]

53 minutes ago, gdenby said:

Did not know one could scrub. Good to know, Thx.

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