In this article you will learn about operations in Expressions Blend.
Introduction
Today, let's discuss some amazing magical operations that are really important in designing the application. Whenever you are designing your own prototype then the grouping, intersecting, making and drawing of paths are really important. You need to become familiar with the operations. For that let's look at what is available in the toolbar that might help us.Tools in Blend
Converting Shapes into PathIn Expressions Blend you can convert shapes and text into a path. After converting into a path the direct selection tool can be really helpful to move its nodes and change the shape and the text accordingly.
Changing the corner radiusYou can change the corner radius now of the shapes and rectangles. You can now easily make a rounded button as well.
You just need to drag the radius and change it to your desire.Combining pathsA combination of paths is really important in Expressions Blend. For intersecting for grouping for other operations you need to use the following operations.
You can combine two or more objects (paths or shapes) into one path object. The resulting path object replaces the last object that was selected before combining and adopting the properties of that object. Often, the result is a compound path.Compound PathWhen you have two or more than two paths you can combine them as you need, for example if you want to combine both a rectangle and a circle path.
ConclusionThese are some operations that can prove to be really helpful for you when designing your application. Use them in your applications and make your life easier.Note: One of the images is taken from the MSDN documentation.Personal Blog: Blend Unleashed.
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