ShapeMaker - by the Dwarf Horde v1.7.0.4 (May 21, 2022)

[toe_head2001]

ShapeMaker

Scalable Vector Shapes

Lines and Curves for Paint.NET

by

The Dwarf Horde

            toe_head2001 - Code Lead (v1.3 onward), Design

            TechnoRobbo - Code Lead (up to v1.2.3), Design

 Red Ochre - Graphics Lead, Design

  Ego Eram Reputo - Documentation Lead, Design

 BoltBait - Beta Testing, Design

 

 

Version 1.7.0.4

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Changelog

 

1.7.0.4 (May 21, 2022)

- Fixed: Opening the PDF help file

- Optimized: Import/Export is now much faster.

 

1.7.0.3 (March 2, 2022)

- Fixed: Work around XmlSerializer bug in .NET v6.0.2

- Fixed: HiDPI bugs

 

1.7.0.2 (October 2, 2021)

- Fixed: Crash when calculating Path linking

 

1.7.0.1 (April 17, 2021)

- Fixed: Geometry Import for European locales.

 

1.7.0.0 (October 6, 2020)

- New: Linked and Closed paths are now indicated in the Path List.

- Changed: Operations (scale, rotate, move) will also now be performed on any paths that are linked to the current path, and those paths will be highlighted in yellow

- Changed: Terminating nubs (First and Last nubs on a path) are now different shapes. The first is now a triangle, and the last is now a square. If a terminating nub is linked to another path, it's shape will be filled, instead of just outlined.

- New: Magnetic Nubs - if you drag a Start/End nub very near a Start/End nub of a different path, the dragged nub will snap to the other nub. This makes it easier to Link two existing paths. (Press the Alt key to disable this behavior)

- New: Nexus Nubs - If you move a Start/End nub that is linked to another Start/End, then both nubs will get moved together. Thus the two linked path will stay linked. (Press the Alt key to disable this behavior)

- Removed: Panning with the Alt key. Panning can still be performed with the scrollbars or by clicking the mouse wheel.

- Fixed: a few bugs with Undo and redo

- Changed: Closed Paths will now display their closing line in the color gray and it will be dashed. Closing a path will also no longer have any effect on the appearance of nubs.

 

1.6.0.0 (August 7, 2020)

- New: Import Geometry from SVG, Android Vector Drawables, and standard XAML
- New: Basic support for SVG export
- Changed: Replaced 4x and 8x zoom with 5x and 10x, respectively
- Fixed: Outline Width no longer has any effect when just drawing as Filled
- New: Auto Scale Shape added to the Edit menu
- New: Added a grip to the Operation Box, so it can be freely moved
- New: Clipping area is now indicated when Drawing to the PDN canvas
- New: Opacity can now be adjusted for the 'Draw on Canvas' colors

- Fixed: Crash that could happen with Smooth Cubic Beziers

 

1.5.0.0 (March 21, 2020)

- Changed: ShapeMaker should now render shapes exactly like Paint.NET's Shape Tool renders them.

- Changed: Rotation and Scaling are now done within the shape editor. Press Ctrl+M,  or  Ctrl+Click on a nub

- Changed: Shapes now scale properly to the Paint.NET canvas.  The 'Output Scale' has therefore been removed from ShapeMaker

 

1.4.0.1 (November 9, 2017)

- Fixed: PDN Shape Import/Export for European locales.

 

1.4 (April 25, 2017)

 

- Changed: The plugin dialog can now be resized

- New: Scrollbars have been added to provide an alternative method to pan the canvas
- New: A Redo button for when you click Undo too many times. (Undo/Redo history is still limited to 15 enumerations)

- Changed: The GUI has been refreshed to have a more native appearance
- New: Added a 'Clone Path' button and a 'Remove Path' button below the Path List (same as the ones in the Edit menu)
- New: When panning the canvas, the mouse cursor will change to a pan cursor
- New: When moving a Path or Shape, the mouse cursor will change to a move cursor
- New: The image on the Clipboard can now be used for the Tracing Image
- Changed: The Zoom button will now cycle through the zoom factors (use Alt key to reverse order)
- Changed: The Zoom button will now respect the viewport (pan location). No more zooming to the absolute center of the canvas
- Fixed: The "Draw on Canvas" option now works properly with selections
- New: The Cursor location is now reported in the status bar
- New: When Rotating or Scaling, the center point is now drawn on the canvas (as a red cross-hair)
- New: A 'Discard Path' button has been added for when making new paths
- Changed: The 'Nub Location' in the status bar will now update as soon as you click a nub... meaning you no longer have to move the nub.
- New: The Mouse Wheel can now be used on the Rotation knob. Scroll for 5 degrees. Shift+Scroll for constraints of 15 degrees
- Changed: Max Paths has been increased to 200
- Fixed: Clicking Undo after Removing an existing path will no longer add it back twice

 

v1.3 (Dec 11, 2016)

 

Plugin Canvas

- Changed: Edits to existing Paths are now saved automatically

- New: Zoom in/out with the Mouse Wheel scroll

- New: Pan (when zoomed) with the Middle mouse button (aka mouse wheel button)

- New: When panning, pan position indicators (pseudo scrollbars) become visible

- New: The active/selected path is now highlighted with a minor glow

- Changed: You no longer have to deselect the current path before you can select a different one

- Changed: The "Nub Location" label will no longer update when you randomly drag your clicked-mouse across the canvas. It will only update when a nub has actually been added, removed, or moved

- Fixed: The first nub on Smooth Cubic Beziers (the Green ones) was black, instead of Teal

- Fixed: The first nub was being drawn in the wrong location when 'Close Individual Path' was enabled, in some cases

 

User Interface

- Changed: The knob no longer is used for Path/Shape scaling

- New: There is now a Slider for scale

- Changed: Knob will now loop around at 179/-180°

- New: Add a proper status bar to display: Nubs Used, Paths Used, Nub Location, and Zoom factor (zoom is also a button)

- Changed: Tooltips for items in the toolbar now include associated Keyboard Shortcuts

- Changed: units (°) are now include in the Knob's tooltip

- Fixed: Proper HiDPI scaling on all UI controls

- Changed: Ellipses (...) are now on appropriate menu items

- Changed: The Up and Down buttons below the path list will now become disabled when the the first or last item is selected, respectfully.

- Changed: Items in the Edit menu will now be disabled when they would have no effect.

- New: Holding shift on the rotation knob will now snap the value to the nearest increment of 15 degrees.

- Fix: The background images on the Sweep and Arc Size buttons weren't toggling when the buttons were clicked

 

Misc

- Changed: Undo history is now more robust.  Panning, selecting a path, or simply clicking on the canvas will no longer produce an undo history.  'Clone Path', 'Clear all Paths', and 'Import PDN Shape' will now produce an undo history.

- Round start/end caps are now used for the "Draw on Canvas" Rendering

 

Older Releases

See archived topic

 

 

Foreword

The ShapeMaker plugin is a tool which facilitates the creation of Scalable Vector Shapes, Lines and Curves.

The tool itself uses a WYSIWYG interface where Lines, Curves and entire Paths can be created and manipulated using just the mouse.

Knowledge of the complex Vector Shape structure and syntax is not required.

ShapeMaker will create all that complex stuff for you and generate the Shape, code, or a complete reusable file.

 

We hope you like ShapeMaker!

 

Magnolia shape by @lynxster4

 

 

The ShapeMaker Plugin

 

  ShapeMaker-Installer.zip 2.13 MB · 10,757 downloads  

Or

 

ShapeMaker.zip 2.07 MB · 4,434 downloads

 

 

Video Tutorials

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/32198-shapemaker-tutorials/?p=430223

 

Edited May 21, 2022 by toe_head2001

[lynxster4]

Well done, toe_head!!  And the rest of the Dwarf Horde!!   

[Red ochre]

Good work toe_head and fellow Dwarves!
Many thanks for testing Lynxster4

[dipstick]

I will have to test out the new version the next time I fire up my VM.

[LionsDragon]

AWESOME!

[Ego Eram Reputo]

This is a brilliant update. ShapeMaker has become a great deal easier to use as a result of toe-head's efforts.

 

Many thanks for all your hard work toe_head. I hope you don't regret joining the Horde

[Eli]

Thanks Toe_Head, I will try again ShapeMaker hopefully I will have a better understanding this time around.

[Pixey]

Excellent upgrade - thank you so much  

[IronSkye]

Just tried the new upgrade.  Excellent Job.  Thanks.

 

[toe_head2001]

Hey everyone, I plan to revamp the GUI of ShapeMaker for the next release. Does anyone have some suggestions on how to improving it?

[Ilko]

hmm, a bigger workspace, maybe the most obvious at the moment when working with it. But in my opinion, this plugin is so awesome that it deserves to be a standalone app. There are not much vector editors out there, this would be perfect for what it would be meant for, simple vector drawing with advanced features at the same time. Never thought about it ?

 

Another idea : integrate all of these features natively in paint.net, so it will turn into a hybrid editor with all of its basic features, plus simple vector drawing. All that combined with the power of plugins would make paint.net a tenor in the domain.

[Red ochre]

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hmm, a bigger workspace,

Hi IIko,
Have you tried the maximize (full screen) U.I. button at the very top right of the window and increasing the zoom level, right at the bottom?

[toe_head2001]

  On 1/19/2017 at 2:44 AM, Red ochre said:

Have you tried the maximize (full screen) U.I. button at the very top right of the window

 

Except the Maximize button and the related changes were made after the v1.3 release, so not everyone can do that yet.

[Red ochre]

I just realized that!

Sorry - at least we know it will be appreciated.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

  On 1/19/2017 at 12:38 AM, Ilko said:

Another idea : integrate all of these features natively in paint.net, so it will turn into a hybrid editor with all of its basic features, plus simple vector drawing. All that combined with the power of plugins would make paint.net a tenor in the domain.

 

ShapeMaker was created and developed by The Dwarf Horde, which is a loose collection of software developers, artists and friends who are devoted to paint.net. Paint.net itself is developed by Rick Brewster, so he calls the shots about what is included and added to the set of features.

 

We're just happy to be allowed to play in this wonderful playground that Rick has created

[ScrapbookWithPDN]

I just added 3 shape packs. I did all of them with the prior updated version of ShapeMaker but when adding one more shape to one of my shape packs, before wrapping all of my shape packs up I installed the latest version of ShapeMaker and I noticed it's not doing a function it did for me in the prior version. So, I wanted to know how to uninstall the latest version of ShapeMaker, which I thought ran smoother but was installed with an .exe installer, and just re-install the prior version, which appears to have been a .dll file.

 

I've looked in all yellow files within the pdn file systems and can't seem to locate that particular plugin to remove it. Thanks.

Edited April 18, 2017 by ScrapbookWithPDN

[toe_head2001]

  On 4/18/2017 at 7:16 AM, ScrapbookWithPDN said:

... I noticed it's not doing a function it did for me in the prior version.

What function is it not doing? If I don't know about the issue, I can't fix it.

 

 

Anyway, the file is called DHShapeMaker.dll. If you really want the old version, I can sent it to you in a P.M.

[ScrapbookWithPDN]

Ahhh...I was looking under "S" instead of "D" in "effects"...my bad. (I have many effects in that file folder).

 

I still have the dll file for the prior version, but thank you for offering it. Appreciated.... Sorry to alarm you if I did. You are excellent at what you do and you've made some very cool and helpful other plugins. I'm going to try to do a few more functions with SM now that I'm not in a rush, switching back and forth the versions, and make sure.

 

It's really nice to be able to zoom in much closer. I love the glowing of the active line being used.

 

I didn't want to make a big deal or alarm you about anything that's why I just wanted to know how to uninstall the newest version until I was certain.

 

Thank you for the quick response.

 

 

[toe_head2001]

Version 1.4 posted. It has some fun stuff like a resizable window.

 

See the first post for the full changelog, and the download.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

+1

 

The documentation has been updated to reflect the changes in v1.4.

 

User manual runs to 52 pages and is (I hope) clearer and the layout improved. We've also updated the Quick Start guide.

 

@toe_head2001 deserves all the credit for the new features and UI.

[AndrewDavid]

  On 1/19/2017 at 2:44 AM, Red ochre said:

Hi IIko,
Have you tried the maximize (full screen) U.I. button at the very top right of the window and increasing the zoom level, right at the bottom?

And after spending 3 hours in Shapemaker - I learn this ^^. Heres my shape of choice. The most popular spaceship in the galaxy - Any guesses?

 

[LionsDragon]

  On 5/4/2017 at 2:51 PM, AndrewDavid said:

And after spending 3 hours in Shapemaker - I learn this ^^. Heres my shape of choice. The most popular spaceship in the galaxy - Any guesses?

 

 

Constitution class Federation Starship, most likely NCC-1701-A (from the Constitution class refit) judging by the shape of the tractor beam emitter and the design on the side of the warp drive hull....

 

Or, y'know, the Enterprise....

 

 

[Seerose]

 @TechnoRobbo !  @toe_head2001 !  @Red ochre !  @Ego Eram Reputo  @BoltBait !

 

Thank you to all and for your effort.   

 

[toe_head2001]

Is there any interest in having ShapeMaker in other languages (besides English)?  If so, are you willing to provide Translations for your language?

[ingwer]

Great idea, toe_head2001! I would like to provide the German translation. What exactly do I have to do?