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The Spirograph / Rose path effect applied to a sample shape
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Spirograph / Rose

Two whole numbers and a pen offset produce guilloche curves, the ornament on a certificate border, a ticket security print or a maths poster.

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Parameters4 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 4 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. CurveRose, Spirograph, Lissajous
  2. A1 to 20, default 5
  3. B1 to 20, default 3
  4. Pen0 to 20, default 4

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