Make Spiral as a live shape, editable after it has been drawn
It could be useful to have an option for adding segments, or changing decay, especially if it serves as a path for text.
Veronica
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A related request:
Archimedean Spirals
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M
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Hi, I often need to replicate spirals for my work. The spiral tool using hot keys for changing size, segments etc. is too hit or miss. Generally not easy to use. I can never replicate a spiral accurately enough, to copy it by working over the top of a background layer. I suggest that a spiral could be created and then adjusted in the same way as the shear tool works, where the object already drawn/placed can then be previewed as the options and parameters are changed. It would be much more precise to work in this way and make drawing spirals much easier. Thanks.
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Han
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1. Please highly consider including Star tool properties (e.g. Radius 1, Radius 2, Star points) in the Transform panel for the star shapes.
2. Having the star as a Live Shape and its properties configurable at anytime means it's easier to track and amend a star without having to recreate a new one.
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Just Me
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The properties of the polygons can be changed in the properties window (radius or side length, number of sides, rotation), so why not make this available for Spirals. I especially like the way Inkscape handles spirals - it's much more useful than the way Illustrator handles them.
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Since AI allows to create Live Shapes now, there definitely should be a Live Spiral (and Archimedian too).
