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  1. #11
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    Default Re: Gary P recently updated his FB profile pic

    I'm going senile! To reverse the path of the spiral all that's required is ti flip the spiral horizontally (use Ctrl to keep the spiral aspect locked). No need to make back to front clock faces!

    But I'd still love a way to reverse the stroke path!

    This is probably the cause of my loss of memory:

    https://parkeston.com/tg/clock/
    Last edited by Egg Bramhill; 03 November 2022 at 11:32 PM.
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    Arrow Re: Gary P recently updated his FB profile pic

    Quote Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill View Post
    Hi Guys,
    No I'm using an art brush. To maintain a spiral as a spiral I need to create the brush back to front. See attached xar.
    I'm aware there are other means of acheiving the results but I hold the spiral tool shoud allow for reversing the path whilst remaining a spiral.
    Egg, I think you have to agree I try to hold Xara's feet to the flames over it introducing new features that usurp its established workflow. Most of the SmartShapes have such failings.

    Funny enough I was mid-flight in suggesting you just create your clock numbers the right way round but Flip both H & V before creating your Art Brush. Your approach is the quicker and more so if you just Flip H directly on the spiral.

    You still have to break the SmartShape by UnGrouping to reverse Path so you can apply a Stroke to get near to Gary's original:

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    Totally agreed not being able to reverse path is bad.

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    Default Re: Gary P recently updated his FB profile pic

    Cheers for your input Acorn. Always welcome!
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    Default Re: Gary P recently updated his FB profile pic

    Egg, finally cracked it! Not your shell, of course!

    If I use any type of Brush, if I then apply a Stroke, it is applied inner to outer so the outside design is smaller than the inside.

    Up to now, I have broken the Spiral and used Revers Path.
    Instead, there are two Wind around the centre Controls.
    If you drag the inside one outside and the outside one to the centre, the Path is reversed.
    This retains the SmartShape functionality.

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    I can now tweak all day as I have lots of time;

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    Here's how: Xara - Art brush and Stroke to Spiral.xar

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    Last edited by Acorn; 04 November 2022 at 12:46 PM.
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    Default Re: Gary P recently updated his FB profile pic

    Yes that works!!!!
    Now about the spacing ..........
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    Default Re: Gary P recently updated his FB profile pic

    Yes indeed, now we can go all the way up to eleven:

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    (Spinal Tap)

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    Arrow Re: Gary P recently updated his FB profile pic

    My final go:

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    No where as accurate as I would like.

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