how do i get clean corners in Coreldraw 12 please?

[Peter Normington]

Martin
if you draw a square and round the corner THEN stretch it it will elongate the corners, if you draw your rectangle, then round the corners, all should be OK

Peter

[Martin Armitage]

Hi Peter,
I expect to distort the corners if I stretch, but this is happening if I draw the rectangle and then apply the corners.
Mart

[Chris Wool]

dont know the answer martin except perhaps a reset on corel start up.

Allan dury put me on to a VBA script thing that after stretching a rounded oblong tool object made the corners correct again, handy at times.

chris

[Graeme Harrold]

No, I get exactly the same thing. The way I get round it is to convert the object to curves and then do a node edit. With the edit tool selected, pick two of the distorted nodes and move them together to the correct position, then do the other two……..

If Mr Dury pops up, Im sure he will have an answer (probably a quirk of 12!!)

[Hugh Potter]

as greame says, kinda,

i round the corners, then convert to curves, then highlight the nodes and stretch that way, or used to.

even if you draw a square first, and stretch it before rounding the corners, they’ll stretch.

so.. always draw the rectangle the correct size, then round the corners, no bother. stretch before or after editing the corners, and it’ll stretch the curves.

Hugh

[Glenn Sharp]

this seems to happen when you’ve stretched the rectangle to the size you want…….I get round this by drawing the rectangle to the size you want (that rectangle would give you distorted corners) so using snap to objects…redraw another rectangle on top of your original…this will give you good corners because you haven’t tweaked it….then obviously delete the one underneath

not the best explanation but it does work

[Peter Normington]

quote Martin Armitage:

Hi Peter,
I expect to distort the corners if I stretch, but this is happening if I draw the rectangle and then apply the corners.
Mart

how are you applying the corners Martin?
stoopid question, I know, but just curious as I am not that good with corel.
perhaps I am doing it different?

Peter

[Graeme Harrold]

Bloody good explination as it works!!!! :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Peter Normington]

quote Glenn Sharp:

this seems to happen when you’ve stretched the rectangle to the size you want…….I get round this by drawing the rectangle to the size you want (that rectangle would give you distorted corners) so using snap to objects…redraw another rectangle on top of your original…this will give you good corners because you haven’t tweaked it….then obviously delete the one underneath

not the best explanation but it does work

why not just draw it to the correct proportions or size first?. it will enlarge then without distorting.

Peter

[Glenn Sharp]

Just that you might not know straight off what size you want it Peter…..It seems like it’s a bit of a glitch in 12 that once you have tweaked it for size it distorts the corners……If you need to play around with the size until it’s right I find my way is a quick enough work around

[Martin Armitage]

This is happening, when i input the size into the dimension boxes and then apply the corners, it is especially noticeable on large rectangles, looks like i might have to node edit then.

[Glenn Sharp]

have you tried it the way I have described Martin….is it still happening?

[Peter Normington]

In corel there are 2 ways to round corners, either enter the values, after drawing the rectangle, or use the shape tool, but either way, if you stretch the width or height the corners will distort, it is the same in signlab,
so I assume not a glitch just the way a vector works? the radius has to stay in proportion, otherwise if you enlarge x10 then the radius would not be noticed, not good at explaining but the corners are made up from 2 nodes, equidistance from the right angle, so can only be enlarge in proportion to keep the relative radius

I dont see why the correct size cannot be drawn in the first place 😉

Peter

[Glenn Sharp]

I can’t remember for certain but I don’t think this was a problem in corel 9

Peter you must do your designs with mathmatic precision if you know exactly the right size of shape before you draw it 😀

[Peter Normington]

quote Glenn Sharp:

I can’t remember for certain but I don’t think this was a problem in corel 9

Peter you must do your designs with mathmatic precision if you know exactly the right size of shape before you draw it 😀

Glen, No but a rectangle is a rectangle, just trying to explain why you cant stretch one and still have the same radius on the corners,
I think Martin may have a glitch though, as a rectangle can be given a perfectly rounded corner when first drawn,

Peter

[Glenn Sharp]

thats not the problem as I understand it though….yes if you draw a rectangle and put radiused corners on it…then stretch it the radii will distort

the problem in 12 is that if you have tweaked your rectangle at all (before radiusing the corners) they will be distorted

so as you say you could draw the rectangle at exactly the right size from the off but I think in most cases that would not be possible

[Peter Normington]

quote Glenn Sharp:

thats not the problem as I understand it though….yes if you draw a rectangle and put radiused corners on it…then stretch it the radii will distort

the problem in 12 is that if you have tweaked your rectangle at all (before radiusing the corners) they will be distorted

so as you say you could draw the rectangle at exactly the right size from the off but I think in most cases that would not be possible

Glenn, its the same in signlab and illustrator,

not a glitch just the way it is I think. round the corners after you have decided on the size is the only way I can think of then.

Peter

[Glenn Sharp]

It’s probably been well thought out and looked upon as an improvement on previous versions

I’ve been using Corel for the last 15 years and I don’t think I’ve ever needed a distorted radiused corner yet……tis a strange one 😕

[David Rowland]

hm.. i actually made a script to equal the rounded corners… there is a script for radius corners somewhere in VBA land.

[Alan Drury]

Yes Draw will distort radiused cornerd rectangles, it has been that way all of the time, it has been much discussed in various forums but the only solutions I am aware of are as follows:
Know your rectangle size at the beginning and radius last job (not very practical)
Convert to curves and size with nodes (PITA and you can’t alter radius afterwards)

There is a script originally available from http://www.isocalc.com sadly no longer available but I do have it here but I can’t post it

Another script is available from http://www.macromonster.com, it works with X3 and X4 but I’m not sure about V12. Once run not only will it fix the radius’ of distorted rectangle but will automatically correct again if distorted again – very handy

X3 and X4 users can also use the fillet tool to radius corners once design work is finished

Alan D