Add and option for Offset Path command and effect to respect the direction and starting point of the original path
Offset Path makes width and length of a rectangle to swap
When applying Offset Path after making a rectangle, the size of width and length of the rectangle are changed into each other and the rectangle gets rotated 270 degrees even though real shape is not changed.
It seems bug need to be fixed.
I attatched gif video and related link.
Park Jong eun
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Park Jong eun
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if I suggest the option to seclect(or modify) the object starting poing of offset path,
can I see not swapped size of width and length but right size?If it does, I will request the option(to change starting point of offset).
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Interesting!
My guess is that Ai understands that a result of the Offset Path applied to rectangle should be a rectangle and convert the resulting path into a live shape automatically. But it does that according to the first point (and the direction) of the path... and it is changed compared to the original by the Offset algorithm.
Easy to track if you apply an arrowhead before Offset Path.
See the image attached.The first and last point of rectangle created is always a point where you finish to draw a shape.
The direction of the path is based on the quadrant: top-left and bottom-right ones give clockwise direction, while top-right and bottom-left quadrants make them counter-clockwise.
But Offset Path make the direction always clockwise and finishes the paths at the bottommost point (and if two several points have the same Y-coordinate, the leftmost is picked)!
Same is true for any shape, not only rectangles, like the second image shows.So it’s not a bug, it’s just how Ai maintains consistency.
On the other hands, Ai could have been choosing the starting point and the direction to match the original, instead of forcing the direction an the bottommost point... I’d love to have it as an option. Would you mind converting this report into such a request?
