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  1. #21
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    Default Re: How do I bend a rectangle?

    Keith - Looks like you were spot on. No need to apologize. My and Acorn's remarks referred to the lack of feedback from Manny during the time we are flailing about trying to figure out what his request was.

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    Default Re: How do I bend a rectangle?

    Quote Originally Posted by ss-kalm View Post
    This was the original attachment ... 23px x 23 px. I just copied it and enlarged it.
    Attachment 124619
    That was how I saw what I drew. My intent was not to duplicate, but to show my method to achieve what Manny posted.
    Did I do wrong? If so, I apologise.
    Keith, I still cannot see how you extracted anything from something that smaller.
    I have expanded it to 20cm x20cm (3dpi) and would still find it impossible to use as a description.

    Never a problem if the OP is content and my hat is doffed.

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    Default Re: How do I bend a rectangle?

    Acorn,

    Look at Keith's final result and then look closely at the zoomed png file. It's the shape that is in the little badge shape just below the paperclip.
    John CB
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    Default Re: How do I bend a rectangle?

    nicely done Keith
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  5. #25
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    Default Re: How do I bend a rectangle?

    Yes, good one Keith.

    I found a few minutes to try out my original thought which was to draw a rectangle, convert it to an editable shape and use the shape tool to bend the sides to points on a grid.

    This works, but doesn't produce a particularly nice curve when added to the central rectangle. In the attached example I rotated the bent rectangle by 33 degrees.

    Click image for larger version. 

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    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    Default Re: How do I bend a rectangle?

    My choice would go along with Gameprinters solution. Don't use a rectangle but a line with a large width, a butt cap, adjust as required, create a duplicate for reverse engineering if required in the future, and finally convert line to shape. Far simpler than bending a rectangle
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    Default Re: How do I bend a rectangle?

    Quote Originally Posted by stygg2003 View Post
    I always forget about the many uses of snap to grid for solving problems, thanks for bringing it back to light Keith, well done.

    Stygg
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