extend a shape with pen, adding with or without original shape?

[Acorn]

As it is so problematic, use the Freehand and Brush tool and start close to but not touching the line and draw a closed (filled) shape.
Place behind the original and select both and Add Shapes.

To remove from the original, all od the above but Subtract Shapes as the last step.

The explanation I have in my head for the ~-~ use is it is all down to the winding direction of the added path.
I find it difficult to explain though, hence the alternative.

Acorn

[handrawn]

id agree about winding rule and its opaque nature - there is really no documentation about this from xara

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's a LINK to a thread that probably relates to this issue answered by PhilM but I can't say it will clarify much for me or most users.

[haakoo]

ShapePainterTool

[handrawn]

thanks for the link egg

yes well, manipulating the winding can be a very useful design tool, eg when doing complicated freehand shapes with lines that overlap, and I think it is a shame in a way xara do not cater for it - philM's comment about 99.99% of the time is another example of where the target user for xara is though

hakoo - indeed

[rsrsrs]

Hi all,

i just fight with this "feature".
any news here?

reinhard

[handrawn]

Having looked at this again I'm with egg on this one

this is the way I see it:



the xar file contains the shape if you want to test it yourself

pen shape adjustment.xar

whether this is to do with winding rule or not, there has to be a rule because xara cannot guess and both adding or subtracting have their uses