Re: Problem with shapes

On 2004.02.16 04:13 Frans Englich wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have a problem with creating a certain shape, see the attached example. I 
>want the distance between the inner and outer border to be the same, all the 
>way(in the bend). Is this possible somehow?

If you select the outer object and then use the scale function of the "Object
Transformations" dialog you should be able to get close.  Check the "apply
to duplicate" box and experiment.  I had to scale by 75% in the X direction
and 81% in the Y direction to get it to appear properly on my screen.

If you do a little math, you should be able to determine the percentages
that will give you the exact pixel/mm/etc. offset for the two objects.
Bring up the "Object Size and Position" dialog and get the dimensions
of the object, subtract out your borders and divide by the current size
to get the percentages for both X and Y, e.g.:
   
   Width: 40mm   with 5mm border, x scale factor is 40-(2*5)/40 * 100 = 75%
  Height: 52.5mm with 5mm border, y scale factor is 52.5-10/52.5 * 100 = 80.9%

-- 
Lynn Kerby <mailto:[email protected]>


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