Resize tab bowing?

[johnwinegard]

Tab resize issue…
LB ver 1.3.01
When I resize a tab, it results in bowed lines.

HOWEVER - I notice… a “tick” in the corner… let zoom in.

So - i thought “Edit node” to remove extra lines.
But when I do - it’s a square rectangle - no other line?
But the handles are… active? hmmm

i mean - really active.

So - i simply want to resize the slots from 5.08 to 3mm
Is this a problem ver 1.3.01?
Is this a problem with purchased SVG using SPLINE instead of lines?
Is it because my wife is waiting patiently at the laser for a simple “All you gotta do is…” fix?

[johnwinegard]

hmm - i drew a box on diff layer going corner to corner.
THEN I used the resize tab and - it worked.
So the SVG must be using splines and not lines?

[ednisley]

@johnwinegard

So the SVG must be using splines and not lines?

Or that it’s drawn artistically, such that the tabs are not true rectangles, whereupon a resizing algorithm looking for laser-friendly finger joints made with line segments falls off the rails.

Which seems likely. From what I’ve seen around here, the Venn diagram of “artistic” specialties shows a teeny tiny overlap between “folks selling on Etsy” and “technical drawing experts”.

[patricr (Patrick Rose)]

How artfully put!

" Or that it’s drawn artistically, such that the tabs are not true rectangles, whereupon a resizing algorithm looking for laser-friendly finger joints made with line segments falls off the rails.

Which seems likely. From what I’ve seen around here, the Venn diagram of “artistic” specialties shows a teeny tiny overlap between “folks selling on Etsy” and “technical drawing experts”.

[johnwinegard]

yeah… i hear ya.
We did buy it as a laser file off Etsy. Meh. I found some work arounds.
The drawing over worked well enough.

[berainlb (PY)]

@johnwinegard

I found some work arounds.

Note that you can convert curves to lines using the Edit Nodes tool. Hover the mouse pointer over the curve line segment and push L-key on keyboard.