Maarten,
You can place nodes exactly by adjusting their position in the XML editor. It's not real hard. Just open the editor find the right location and type the correct value. Also, I wouldn't use the add node button. Have the node tool active. Double click on the segment about where you would like the node to be place and one will be added there. Tweeking can be done through the XML editor or with the grides/guidlines and the arrow keys.
Aaron
On 10/21/07, Maarten van der Velde <Maarten.van-der-Velde@...2171...> wrote:
Hey Aaron,
Thanks for your reply. It works, and if the rounded corner would become too big, you can actually repeat the "extra node"-button a couple of times - each time the segments get divided into two. In this way, you don't have to reposition the node. But the problem with this approach is that I would like to have the handles for the rounded corner in the exact right place - something I can't manage "on the eye" or "by hand", if you get what I mean...
Maarten
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Aaron Elmquist Sent: Sun 21-Oct-07 04:25 To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Rounded corners
Maarten,
I've noticed the same issue with the inset and outset functions in inkscape. Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer for you.
I might have a more elegant answer for your previous question though.
- Select the node tool and add an additional node on either side of the
corner you want to smooth. 2. Select the two "new" segments. 3. Use the make selected segments curves options. 4. Delete the node at the corner. 5. Tweek as appropriate.
I'm not quite sure if this is what you're looking for, but it does work well for some applications.
A
On 10/18/07, Maarten van der Velde <Maarten.van-der-Velde@...2171...> wrote:
Well, orthopedic surgeons also use sledge hammers :D Thanks for the
tip,
it's quite a obvious solution indeed. But it makes me think of another strange thing in Inskcape:
Wenn chosing "inset" or "outset" when working on a pixel scale, (icon), the outcome usualy is horrible! Dynamic outset doesn't have this
problem.
Anybody know what's going on?
*From:* inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of *Richard
Querin
*Sent:* 18. oktober 2007 12:09 *To:* Inkscape User Community *Subject:* Re: [Inkscape-user] Rounded corners
What I've done for a closed path is to use a dynamic offset to first
inset
the path and then do another dynamic offset to bring it back out. When
you
bring it back out the corners will be rounded. However it's not exactly
an
accurate method. It rounds all corners of the path, not specific ones,
and
may not be what you're looking for. The steps I use are:
- create path or convert original shape to a path
- double-click the path object and then hit Ctrl-J (dynamic offset)
- drag the shape inwards
- convert the resulting inset shape into a path again (it's now an
offset, not a path) 5. double-click the path object and then hit Ctrl-J (same as step 2) 6. this time drag the shape back outwards - you should see the corners become rounded.
Note, if you do this on an open path it will close the path
automatically
and you're results might not be what you're looking for.
Like I said, it's a very simplistic method. It might be a sledgehammer when you're actually looking for a surgical scalpel. :)
RQ
On 10/18/07, Maarten van der Velde <Maarten.van-der-Velde@...2171...>
wrote:
Hey people,
Is there an easy way to round corners in a path? All I could think off now is to instet the path, give it a realy big width, convert stroke
to
fill, break fill apart and remove the inner path. Is there an easier way?
To my knoledge, no other graphic programs outside the CAD-world have this functionality, but I might be mistaken.
Maarten
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