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Fix the pathetic rounded-rectangle tool.

Mar 31, 2011 6:52 AM

Ugh, why do we waste our time?

 

I made a rounded rectangle with the rounded-rectangle tool.  Then, as often happens, I needed to change the corner radius.  Of course the "help" was useless, so a Web search revealed that YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE RADIUS.

 

Can I get a WTF here?

 

Oh, but then I read that there's an alternate way to create a rounded rectangle, which is to draw a regular rectangle and then apply a rounded-rectangle "effect" to it.

 

Dare I ask the question that should be obvious to even the most computer-illiterate imbecile in the audience:  Why didn't the rounded-rectangle tool do this in the first place?

 
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    Jul 7, 2011 8:16 AM   in reply to Mobius Strip

    The rounded rectangle tool in Illustrator is so pathetic, I haven't used it in probably a decade, and actually forgot there was one. Illustrator needs serious work in the rounded corners department.

     
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    Jul 7, 2011 8:37 AM   in reply to Kris_Hunt

    I agree. When you have to add rounded corners in Illustrator it just  breaks your flow and slows you down. It's only suitable for a computer  to use. We need to be able to DRAG the radius interactively, not enter  in a number. "Pathetic" is a perfect description.

     
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    Jul 8, 2011 4:24 AM   in reply to Mobius Strip

    Now, now...

     
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    Dec 21, 2011 3:53 AM   in reply to Mobius Strip

    +1

     
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    Jan 2, 2012 11:23 AM   in reply to Mobius Strip

    +1

     

    Indeed it is pathetic.

     

    What's more disappointing is that Flash has a better tool than illustration to do that...

     
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    Jan 3, 2012 7:55 AM   in reply to pier.bover

    What's more disappointing is that Flash has a better tool than illustration to do that...

     

    ... or even Adobe's ownership of FreeHand. +1

     
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    Aug 3, 2012 2:54 AM   in reply to Mobius Strip

    I have to agree with you here, I've used CorelDraw for years now and have been trying to make the jump to "superior software". But when hiccups like this occur I can't help but wonder why people are so harsh on CorelDraw - a program that's had editable rectangle radii, and fillet/scallop/chamfer tools for years.

     
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