On 29/8/10 17:13, ~suv wrote:
On 29/8/10 16:43, Susan Spencer wrote:
Attached is Outset_Test.svg The path was created with Ctrl-K. Inkscape step parameter has been set to 56.25px (5/8") The Outset results are very strange. Any info would be appreciated.
Inspect your path with the node tool: 'Ctrl-K' just combines paths (i.e. former separate paths turn into sub-paths but are not joined at the start/end nodes). Besides that, the main problem was a duplicate path segment at the bottom with reversed path direction which caused the unexpected results of 'Path > Outset'. In the attached drawing I moved the different sub-paths of the original path to make them visible and numbered the nodes (in path direction).
Minor correction: not the redundant path segment with reversed direction was responsible for the unexpected result: trying a better explanation...
As noted in the manual page [1], when applying 'Outset' on open paths the outset path is closed. The same applies to each sub-path: it gets closed and the closed path is outset. Thus a straight line segment is not 'offset' but outset on all sides. Each sub-path of your pattern is outset as separate shape (see attached drawing trying to illustrate).
hth, ~suv
[1] http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-Editing.html#Paths-Offsets
