Hi everyone - has any ingenious person out there found a solution to what seems like a simple problem? Here it is …
I’ve a rectangle which has more nodes than it needs. I would like to reduce the number of nodes to 4. I think that this will enable the “resize slots in selection” option to function properly. For one slot this is no drama as it can be manually edited or i can re-draw around the shape using the line tool. However I have some (badly drawn) lightburn files where there are dozens of slots scattered around a drawing all of which cannot use the “resize slots” option as they seem to have too many nodes.
Seems to me that some sort of function which identifies a rectangle / rhombus as something which has four corners and removes all the extra nodes would be really helpful.
There is (at least) one thing I don’t understand in this dialog, and the docs don’t help (or I missed it).
What is this count 47 points -=> 323 points? Isn’t it supposed to be the reverse, reducing the number of points? Idem for lines.
The “Smooth source shapes” option is meant to smooth shapes, eliminating wavy lines or jagged points (this often helpful after you’ve traced an image), and adds nodes to do so. After adjusting the “Smooth source shapes” slider, you can also adjust the “Fit shapes to lines” or “Fit shapes to arcs” slider, to fit the smoothed version of the shape to lines or arcs.
If you’re just looking to reduce the amount of nodes on rectangles (or other shapes comprised of lines and corners that you do not want to smooth), it’s best to leave “Smooth source shapes” off, and and just use “Fit shapes to lines.”
