The Ellipse from points path effect applied to a sample shape
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Ellipse from points

Best-fit oval over every point on the path, the one to use when scattered survey marks or a data cloud need one summarising ring.

FamilyConvert
Parameters1 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 1 control

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. Spread0.5 to 4, default 2

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