@Ingolf My windoze is on Mac I use Parallels to emulate win10 home. Parallels automatically uses command keys to do win functions anyway, so this isn't a true representation of what win should look like. Anything that doesn't work, I just fix. Also, my contextual menus are stripped to the bare bones of what I need so again, won't look like yours. FWIW, I've attached a pic ... [image: 1659468446227-screenshot-2022-08-02-at-20.19.44-resized.png] Neil Edit: seems my mac screenshots are too big, so this is a clipped 27" retina pic.

@SJStalter Restarting the computer should not be needed. Maybe restarting VS only. Let me know if this issue occurs, and if there are any steps to replicate it.

@SJStalter I will try to fix this ASAP, but I have to replicate it first.

@b77 Yes, there seems to be a bug here, can be replicated!

@fde101 said in Manual Kerning ?: a failure to conform to platform standards Yes, I completely agree with you, folks that do that should have their mice (mouses?) taken away from them and forced to use trackpads It really depends on how far back you are prepared to defend these standards - I'd have a wee read of anything that Jef Raskin wrote on the subject. I'm certainly not going to defend anything assumed as a standard currently - I rued the day that apple changed command+m for move to stuff it in the dock Neil

@jfraze Got the file. This one indeed imports as curves. In this case the EPS file contains the flattened AI text, while there is also AI data stored in the file. The AI data can be opened in VS by enabling the Preferences -> Document Files -> Import AI Data from EPS. But there is a problem (bug): it looks like some of the text is not imported correctly by VS from the AI format. I will fix this ASAP.

@Boldline Yes, there seems to be a regression here. This is a bug.

@Dazmondo Amazing! Awesome job persevering and sticking in there with it all. I want to echo his compliments to you @VectorStyler - you are indeed a genius. I'm impressed so often by what you figure out and solve and how quickly you make it happen

@Dazmondo Yes, a few parametric shapes are not "scaled" (rectangle, ellipse). An other way to go around this is to disable the Direct Shape Transformation option in Preferences -> Editing Options 2 (bottom-right corner). Done and working ----

@b77 oh neat! ok that makes sense now... I was thinking in different terms and that was throwing me off

@VectorStyler This option is awesome. I would think most people have a certain preference for this and stick with it for a while but may still want access for occasional switching modes. This is an example from my viewpoint, of a set of buttons that could be consolidated into one icon with a drop-down, like the current alignment panel at the top of the UI nearby.

I am yet a bit unshure if this is really a bug, so i post that Video here. Forgot to mention in my previous Post here that in this case I did the stroke scaling via the menu in the Appearance Panel If I do the stroke scaling this way then it works only with "Scale Image Filters" set Here the video

@VectorStyler Brilliant stuff

@VectorStyler thanks - I will try it out, now that I'm aware of what it does

would also plead for a way where this option can be switched on and off in a quickly accessible way e.g. Brush panel or something similar

@mainstreet1612 Can also recommend to download the PDF manual that @freggern has kindly created. (it is easier to search in it) Here the link: VS PDF-Manual

@encart said in I do not see any difference between the marked objects , and the others that are placed in this zone: @VectorStyler https://recordit.co/MAJdm3N6cp Selection appear only when I zoom out. There could be a problem here, I added this to the backlog.

@b77 I use it to ensure the minimum separation distance between objects that are being cut on the laser (so that the beam doesn't interfere with local objects). Now that I understand both collision methods, I can use both methods to do this. Depending on materials, I can use collision rotate freely (say a laminate material without any grain - acrylic maybe - where it doesn't matter the rotation of the object) in others that require the grain to be in the direction of the object for strength (wood for instance), then simple collision is ideal. Being able to ensure that the objects cannot break through the boundary would be very useful as you wouldn't have to re-correct the positions. It is also superb for manually nesting parts on a sheet as the collider tool rotates parts neatly (paralleled) into place. You can pay huge sums of $$$ for automatic fast nesting software - doing it mandraulically is generally fine for me BTW, that would also apply to the inside snap where that would be the boundary of the sheet material - ensuring that the parts can't breach the edge of the material itself. Neil

@VectorStyler Thanks for that, I'll look at the shape builder tool also. Neil

@VectorStyler said in PDF editor alternatives to Adobe Acrobat - something that could be added to VS at some point?: So a PDF editor would always be preferable as a separate application. Thanks for the explanation - I am testing out some different ones now.