Corner Fulcrum Bug ?



  • @Igull Yes, a rectangle made with the Pen tool is a "dumb" rectangle. πŸ™‚

    If I apply rounded corners to it then decide that I need to resize the rectangle non-proportionally,
    bring the rounded corners back to zero (no roundness), then pressing 'Convert to Curves' resets
    the rounded corner handles to equal distance from the corners:

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    It's a workaround…



  • @Igull , @b77

    A alternative way to resize a "dumb" Shape
    and keep round Corners intact, is to do this
    with the "Shape Editor Tool"

    See Video here

    0_1673687642177_Corner.png



  • @b77 said in Corner Fulcrum Bug ?:

    If I apply rounded corners to it then decide that I need to resize the rectangle non-proportionally,
    bring the rounded corners back to zero (no roundness), then pressing 'Convert to Curves' resets
    the rounded corner handles to equal distance from the corners:

    Not here it doesn't πŸ™‚ There must be some difference in preference set between us that I don't know about ?
    Forget actually adding corners for now, if you create a rectangle, convert shape to curves then resize the rectangle non-proportionately - say just pulling one edge, you can see that the corner radius centres are miles off being symmetrical ?? Doing another convert shape to curves does nothing ?

    TIA

    Neil



  • @Subpath

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I see the issue !!!!!!!!

    You are using the pulldown from the shape palette, I'm using the menuitem convert shapes to curves which I have permanently on my right-click contextual menu !!!

    When I use the one on the shape palette, it actually works.

    I now see why, there are two Object menuitems, one is convert shapes to curves the other is convert to curves (Shift+Opt+O) - maybe just a tad confusing ????

    The shape palette actually says "Convert the select object shapes to curves (Shift+Opt+O)" whereas the object menuitem says convert to curves (Shift+Opt+O) !!

    Perhaps this all needs rewording :-))

    I'm quite happy to just reset the corner centres for now, but this is all a bit confusing for the over sixties πŸ™‚

    Thanks

    Neil





  • @Igull

    If you look at the Corner Panel > Panels > Corner
    down below at the right side the X in circle
    will delete all rounded corners from a selected shape

    btw you can create a Action for the needed Steps
    see pic below
    ( unwanted recorded Steps can be deleted in the Action Panel)

    0_1673722306098_corner-action-1.png


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    @Igull said in Corner Fulcrum Bug ?:

    Resize the rectangle using the width and height boxes

    Question regarding the original post:
    Do you have the "Direct Shape Transformation" option enabled in Preferences -> Editing Options 2 (bottom right checkbox) ?



  • @VectorStyler said in Corner Fulcrum Bug ?:

    Question regarding the original post:
    Do you have the "Direct Shape Transformation" option enabled in Preferences -> Editing Options 2 (bottom right checkbox) ?

    No, I don't πŸ™‚

    I've set that now and the issue has gone !!!! I've tried with various shapes and none are an issue when resized now - just perfect, thank you !!!!!!!!!!

    Neil


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    @Igull said in Corner Fulcrum Bug ?:

    tried with various shapes and none are an issue when resized now - just perfect

    Not yet! I think paths should also support this direct shape transform and I added it now.



  • @VectorStyler If the next build will have changes related to all this, please explain the changes here when it's released.


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    @b77 said in Corner Fulcrum Bug ?:

    @VectorStyler If the next build will have changes related to all this, please explain the changes here when it's released.

    Before I forget:

    The only change that will be in the next build is that when a free path (not parametric shape) is scaled or rotated and the "Direct Shape Transformation" is enabled (already exists), then instead of adding a "nondestructive" transform to the object, it will just scale the path, leaving the corners "rounded".