I've been testing out the powerstroke LPE, very important for vector art making!
Not sure what is the proper place to post this. Should I file bug reports? Are they features, not bugs?
Issues:
1. Create a single closed path. Apply powerstroke. The powerstroked path shoots out extreme points. These extremities go away when you move the powerstroke node away from initial vertex, and return when node appears to go back to initial vertex
2. seems to break on combined paths, apparently you may only use powerstroke on single paths? Make one path, make a hole (combining with an enclosed path). Choose powerstroke, and the inner hole path stays, but the outer path vanishes, though its nodes remain.
Wishlist for powerstroke:
1. combine with offset off a base line
2. have angle nodes, not just width nodes. This would allow easier integration with the calligraphy tool
3. Miter caps for when curvature circles don't intersect are pretty ugly. Perhaps there could be an alternate extension, like blending curvature from one side of the path with the other side (of the same segment), or arbitrarily making a kind of steeple, not strictly adhering to curvature, sticking off the miter, so corners always end up being pointy, instead of chopped off.
-Tom ----- tomlechner.com