Copy Bevel?

[drew]

i found this question posted, but no answer, so i ask: can a select an object, copy it, and somehow paste the bevel attributes to another object? I know about the Paste Attributes feature, but it doesn't seem to be bevel-aware, thanks kindly, drew..

[Egg Bramhill]

Drew,

I believe that's correct, you CAN'T paste bevel attributes.

[jclements]

In some instances I think you can.

First, I don't believe you can have any other special attributes applied to it like a drop shadow (please double-check to verify).

Try control-clicking on the bevel itself with either the selector or bevel tool, then do a ctrl-c and try to paste.

If that does not work try selecting the main object and the bevel, then crlt-c, and then paste.

[Egg Bramhill]

I've tried all of the above John & I can't get it to paste attributes bevel wise. Is it something I'm doing wrong?

[jclements]

I did it yesterday, before this thread was posted.

I'll see if I can figure out how I did it and what version of Xara I used when I get a bit more time.

[jclements]

OK, my previous posting was a "Half" truth.

You can copy the bevel attributes of type and size from one beveled object to another beveled object.

It worked both in XaraX1 and XaraXtreme

[Egg Bramhill]

Cheers John,

Yes that works fine. Thanks for clearing that up.

[tonylondon]

When I try to do this the shape I am transferring to simply becomes invisible!
Tony

[David O'Neil]

When I try to do this the shape I am transferring to simply becomes invisible!
Tony

Note that the line width of the part that becomes invisible shows up as "-0pt". Change that to a positive value, and it will probably appear. It did for me.

[tonylondon]

David,

so it does! Thank you very much for pointing it out.

That said, however, the bevel attributes do not seem to transfer over, nor do they do so when I use the xar file John prepared for Egg and follow his instructions. Perhaps it is because I'm using Win 98?

Tony