How can I make this rounded rectangle more trapezoidal?

leetbeagle · Postby **leetbeagle** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 10:18 am

I would like this:

to taper perfectly symetrically at the top, more like this:

The actual .SVG is here

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r841smuuw4c4d ... 2.svg?dl=0

I am about four months in to Inkscape and know a few things, but nodes still baffle me. I have a feeling the only way to "fix" this image is via nodes. I haven't yet figured out how to duplicate the actual shape starting from scratch.

Thanks a lot!
-Nick.

Lazur · Postby **Lazur** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 7:38 pm

Hi.

It's all about geometry, drawing tangent lines between two circles.
The rest is just how current 0.91 doesn't handle circular arcs as path segments so you need to work with a small inaccuracy by using Bézier paths.
And practice with the tools.

band2.svg: (132.15 KiB) Downloaded 214 times

Polygon · Postby **Polygon** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:39 pm

You can grab the Inkscape devel version and use the "filet/chamfer" path effect on this:

: SymmetricalFilet.jpg (58.55 KiB) Viewed 1700 times

Cheers
P.

leetbeagle · Postby **leetbeagle** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:23 pm

Thanks, Polygon,

I was able to make something I'm happy with by making a triangle and lobing the corners and then dragging it a bit "tall".

Postby **prkos** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:59 am

One other idea: create two circles, one that matches the outside edge on top, and the other to match the outside edge at the bottom, union them (this will make it a path with nodes), add more nodes so you have more options to choose (select all nodes and use the Insert nodes option several times), then delete the nodes around the middle section that curve inwards, and set the segment between the top circle node and bottom circle node straight, on both left and right.

Although your solutions looks great too.

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