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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The filleting tool will allow the user to replace the cusp of a corner on a path, with a rounding arc of specified radius. This is rather simple to the way we can round off the corners rectangles, but for arbitrary geometry. | |||
Note that this proposed tool will only work on corners in individual paths - not on the intersections of the strokes of separate objects. | |||
== Release Note == | == Release Note == | ||
Revision as of 12:03, 2 February 2008
Launchpad Entry: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/fillet-tool
Summary
The filleting tool will allow the user to replace the cusp of a corner on a path, with a rounding arc of specified radius. This is rather simple to the way we can round off the corners rectangles, but for arbitrary geometry.
Note that this proposed tool will only work on corners in individual paths - not on the intersections of the strokes of separate objects.
Release Note
Rationale
Design
The illustration below shows the steps involved in filleting the corner of a path:
Filleting a corner is a 3-step process. First, the centre point for the arc must be calculated (X and Y in fig 1 and fig 2a). Second, the arc's sweep must be calculated so that it merges with the parent path at the tagents (fig 2b). Third, the point of the corner must be snipped off, and the arc welded on (fig 2c).
TODO
* Flesh this specification out in more detail