Thanks for the observations below, I hadn't spotted one of those bugs.
For those that requested it, I have thrown together a quick demo video here: https://youtu.be/IJ1u8puxFOM
The bug with the circle looks odd, perhaps related to the use of a 'Z' to close the path, I'll take a look at this.
I could hide some of the extra buttons in a new sub-menu next to the "Make segments arcs" button (like the "Insert node" sub-menu in the same toolbar). That might help keep things tidy.
Dan.
On 16/05/16 19:02, Daniel Bailey wrote:
Hi, Thanks for the quick replies and for being so welcoming. I'll start making a demo video right away.
At least I have some time to neaten things up thanks to the feature freeze.
I'll let you know when I have a demo video available.
Thanks. Dan.
On 16/05/16 19:53, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
On Mon, 2016-05-16 at 02:37 -0700, d@...3396... wrote:
Hi, I've not contributed to inkscape before, this is my first time. I have created a branch which supports editing elliptical arcs in the node editor. I'm new to bazaar (and inexperienced with launchpad) so I think I've done the right thing with a merge request here: https://code.launchpad.net/~danieljabailey/inkscape/arc_node_editor/+ merge/294742 (but thought I'd check by asking on this list.) Is this an interesting feature?
Definitely!
If so I can polish it up for merging into the main repo.
Please do.
The interface is a bit awkward but I don't have a better idea at this point. It would probably be useful to be able to fix the tangents at the nodes so the path is smooth at that point.
I see a couple of bugs in my five minutes of playing with it:
First one:
- Draw a circle.
- Convert to path (path consists of four arcs).
- When adjusting one arc, the upper right arc is transformed into a
straight line.
Second one:
Converting from arc to Bezier (clicking the curve button) either does not work or does not produce expected result of a Bezier that approximates an arc.
Tav
Thanks. Dan.