blakesgst

Outline/Expand problem with shapes

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Hey guys, been quite some time since I used my cutter but I am making some paint masks and have run into an issue. I am making a custom shape with the poly tool, with sharp edges like spikes, and when i outline it, the outline isn't sharp around the tips, it squares off if that makes any sense. Any idea how i can get the outline to go around my image exactly?

 

Thanks,

 

Blake

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If the shape is not extremely critical, you could Noe Edit to make them pointed.

 

Add a corner node and stretch it out to a point.

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It looks like the angle has something to do with it. When the angle gets too small, it goes to a square end instead of a point. Can you change the angle to make it bigger?

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When I've run into this problem I switch over to Inkscape and rather than do an expand I add a stroke to the object, size it to what I want, then convert it to a path. A little bit of a round about way but it works.

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If the shape is not extremely critical, you could Noe Edit to make them pointed.

 

Add a corner node and stretch it out to a point.

 

Thanks Jay, i didn't realize i could node edit the outline nodes. I haven't touched SB, inkscape or Corel in about 2 years and its driving me nuts trying to remember/figure out how i used to manipulate things lol

 

Blake

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