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
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I would make a rectangle or square with the corners rounded the way you want, then Add Shapes to the existing shape.
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By far the simplest method :
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circles it is then
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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.
Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022
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!
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
you will not need to pay for updates to affintiy, until such time as it reaches version 2
it has been on version 1 since launch and is now at 1.8.5, even those of us who were in at the beginning have only paid once so far...
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