For what I've been doing I would agree that adding it to the Shape drop down would be an ideal way to do it, although if possible it would be nice to have a filled powerstroke as one of the options (that creates the cloned original path LPE on a new path below the new powerstroke one).
It actually took me quite a while to understand what "filled powerstroke" was supposed to be, but I finally get it: it's basically "shape with complex stroke." Mouse-over should also explain something along the lines of "creates a shape with complex edge."
I wholly agree that it should be included, I have to redraw the same shapes way too often when I want variable edges.
While we're at it, my "thick stroke" sounds awful ("fat heart attack?"). How about: - "Variable line" for Powerstroke - "Variable edge" or "Variable boundary" for Filled Powerstroke?
Opinions please!