Hi Friends, This isn't about a problem I'm having, although the question comes up in a project I'm working on. I'm just curious about this behavior of scaling patterns. If I apply a pattern fill to an object, and I scale that object with either Selection tool or Transform dialog, the pattern is scaled, along with the object. However, if I scale the object by moving nodes, the pattern stays the same size, and just gets different boundaries. So for example, I fill a square shaped, closed path with a pattern. Let's say it's 100 x 100 px. If I scale with Selection tool or Transform dialog, so that the square now is 60 x 60 px, the pattern is scaled proportionally smaller. But if I move the nodes inwards (by 20 px each way), so that the square is now 60 x 60 px, the pattern does not get scaled. Why doesn't the pattern get scaled, when nodes are moved, like it does when scaled with Selection tool or Transform dialog? And I do understand how to edit patterns with the Node tool. So that's not the issue. I just want to understand why one way of scaling, affects the pattern, and another way of scaling, does not affect the pattern. Is it possibly related to a bug? Or if this is expected behavior, I'm just curious why moving nodes doesn't cause the pattern to change. Can someone explain? (just for my curiosity) Thank you very much :-) brynn