The Hypocycloid path effect applied to a sample shape
Curves

Hypocycloid

Ratios like five over two produce overlapping star traces rather than plain cusps, giving quilt blocks and geometric flash art their interior weave.

FamilyCurves
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Fixed R2 to 24, default 5
  2. Rolling r1 to 23, default 2
  3. Points120 to 6000, default 1200

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