On 29/8/10 07:33, Susan Spencer wrote:
The problem has been corrected for my drawing, but not sure about what was corrected:
I selected my segments and converted them to a path with Ctrl-K, then applied Outset, with the results of an inside and outside line, both deviating from the original path in strange ways. I did more experimentation, selecting segments then converting to path, then Simplifying the path before adding Outset resulted with same inside & outside offset lines. More experimenting in this vein had similar results.
Only after the object was initially created as one single path, with 'z' connector at the end, did the Outset become a proper exact copy 36px (~1cm) outside of the object.
Can you attach the SVG file that originally exposed the unexpected behavior of the 'Path > Outset' command?
Quoting the manual: "Path Offset Commands
(...) A regular shape or text object is converted to a path automatically, except for the Linked offset command. The new paths are all closed, even if the original is open. (...)"
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-Editing.html#Paths-Offsets
~suv