What is the quickest way to 'radius' a corner (on a random/complex shape)?

[shiphen]

Hello

What is the best way to apply a radius to a complex/corner on shape?

e.g. How can I best change this shape:



into this one ?



Note: I have faked this by eye... but I would like change a right-angled corner into a arc of a circle of a precisely defined size.

Thanks

J

[handrawn]

if the curvature is symmetric you can use a circle/elipse to produce this via the boolean functions, ie: combining/intersecting/adding/subtracting - you would need to do the maths, and use snapping

if it has to be precise I don't think node manipulation is going to hack it in xara

there may well be other ways known to experts, but I think I would be tempted to build the second one up from scratch rather than try to convert the first, using base shapes

[gwpriester]

I would make a rectangle or square with the corners rounded the way you want, then Add Shapes to the existing shape.

[Egg Bramhill]

By far the simplest method :

[handrawn]

circles it is then

[Jonopen]

By far the simplest method ...

Hi Shiphen/Egg

I was also going recommend using Affinity Designer’s corner tool for quickness!

Something that might not be obvious from Egg’s video, is that you can specify a precise numerical value for each corner radius for consistency.



Egg that’s a good tip using the PDF format for exporting/importing and the 'out/in' naming convention for the file names.

[shiphen]

Hi Shiphen/Egg

I was also going recommend using Affinity Designer’s corner tool for quickness!

Something that might not be obvious from Egg’s video, is that you can specify a precise numerical value for each corner radius for consistency.



Egg that’s a good tip using the PDF format for exporting/importing and the 'out/in' naming convention for the file names.

Yes Affinity Designer is doing a much better job of it! And yes, I would need to have the corners be a precise radius.

But I was trying to NOT have to use any other applications - as that makes for quite a lot of additional steps ==> rather fiddly.

I have tried Inkscape before but I rather hated it.
Affinity Designer looks promising and it's at a much more sensible price than Xara... but it's extra money (£50) and not doubt one would have to pay for updates etc etc.

So for now I am resisting Affinity Designer, but out of interest if you have both, Affinity & Xara, how do they compare? When do you use each one?

J

[shiphen]

I would make a rectangle or square with the corners rounded the way you want, then Add Shapes to the existing shape.

Gary - How did you slice off just the right amount of the corner?

i.e. Did you have to create a second copy of the square and move it into place - presumably by eye?? - and then slice it using Control/4 and then remove the unwanted corner... before adding the green shape...??
It just seems lik a lot of steps!