Hi all,
Path->Inset slightly pulls back the edges of a path. It shaves a tiny bit off the edges of the path. Path->Outset does the opposite: It moves the edges a little bit outward. Neither is a proportional grow or shrink.
Anyway, I'm trying to apply Path->Inset to a bunch of objects very close to each other, just to give a little more visible separation. The trouble is, I can't find an adjustment for how much you want to inset, and even one application of Path->Inset trims off far too much from the edge.
Does anyone know how to set the amount that gets taken away from the edge when you Path->Inset?
Thanks,
SteveT
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I can't answer your specific question, but since you said you just want to separate the objects: scaling them all individually is what I usually do to that end.
On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 08:25 Steve Litt, <slitt@...2357...> wrote:
Hi all,
Path->Inset slightly pulls back the edges of a path. It shaves a tiny bit off the edges of the path. Path->Outset does the opposite: It moves the edges a little bit outward. Neither is a proportional grow or shrink.
Anyway, I'm trying to apply Path->Inset to a bunch of objects very close to each other, just to give a little more visible separation. The trouble is, I can't find an adjustment for how much you want to inset, and even one application of Path->Inset trims off far too much from the edge.
Does anyone know how to set the amount that gets taken away from the edge when you Path->Inset?
Thanks,
SteveT
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Hi Steve,
you can set the amount of inset/outset in the preferences, at Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Steps
(or you can use a dynamic, or even a linked offset, then you can adapt the amount to your liking before converting to path)
Maren
Am 30.04.2017 um 08:21 schrieb Steve Litt:
Hi all,
Path->Inset slightly pulls back the edges of a path. It shaves a tiny bit off the edges of the path. Path->Outset does the opposite: It moves the edges a little bit outward. Neither is a proportional grow or shrink.
Anyway, I'm trying to apply Path->Inset to a bunch of objects very close to each other, just to give a little more visible separation. The trouble is, I can't find an adjustment for how much you want to inset, and even one application of Path->Inset trims off far too much from the edge.
Does anyone know how to set the amount that gets taken away from the edge when you Path->Inset?
Thanks,
SteveT
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