Seems like there’s no way to resize a circle after it’s been drawn… I just want to make it .100 smaller without having to completely redraw.
Use an inside offset to the original in the new size you want. Then delete the original if you don’t need it
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There’s no indication of which item is the original circle and which is the offset until you aren’t allowed to change something.
If you select a circle (which was drawn as a circle in Carbide Create):
then just edit the radius to change to the desired size, or use the Scale tool:
to resize to the desired size.
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Theres no way to know by the color or thickness of a line if a drawn object is actually drawn or is the result of an offset vector. An offset vector cannot be resized.
An offset vector will consist of a lot of node points vs a CC vector circle which only has 4.
You could use layers and change the color of the original vector. If all you want to do is change the size then Will’s solution is the easiest way to resize and maintain the original
How about zooming in on the circle? You should be able see the original.
suggestion: copy the circle, pull it to an empty space, transfer it to another layer, change the diameter either with the circle tool, or with the scale tool (one even can change the shape to an oval that way), grab the center and pull the new circle to the center of the old circle (possible switch off “snap to grid” under “view” temporarily), now you have two circles in different layers -and different colors-, and can delete the circle you don’t need in the layer it is in. Offset is a crutch, does not create a new circle, but a polyline. You can visualize these by “edit nodes” under “edit”. Offset is the best to use for uneven lines, not necessarily the best for clearly defined geometrical shapes. A circle has 4 (5 if you count the center point) nodes that define it, a circle changed to a polyline has some hundred:
Of course with the polyline-“circle” you can make fancy things by pulling nodes separately, what you cannot make with the circle, the circle can be pulled to a oval though, but just S-N and E-W.
And: the vast amount of nodes makes the file dramatically larger, what slows transfer, calculation of the toolpath in CM and cutting.
However. GL!
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