Scaling group with strokes

Question

Im starting to use XD more and more recently and im puzzled to why a cannot scale a group that has lines within it without the line weight not scaling with everytning else in the group. every time i scale the line weight remains the same but everyting scales up in proportion. I'm finding myself cutting and pasting back into illustrator to scale things up then copy back in, surly this cant be right? This would be a huge falt with the software if this is the case this is something i do a lot in all the adobe packages and all scale the grouped elemets in proportion. Am i not doing something? This seem ilogical to me

Spas K. · Accepted Answer

Yes, really. I don't use Xd to design graphics or icons. Its vector tools are barely usable, so if I'm working with Xd I know I need to have almost everything prepared before I bring it in, most of the time.

I'm not saying it's beneficial. I'm telling you right now it doesn't work the way you want it to. I also gave you a "workaround", as inconvinient as it is. Usually, all of your strokes should be the same weight. When I scale one or multiple outline icons, I just select all of them and modify the stroke width. It only changes on the elements with a stroke within the group. I don't see why you have to edit each individual path.

Otherwise, if you are looking for something to complain about, there's a lot more things than just the scalable stroke width that should've been working, but don't 🙂 Here's the request for what you need: https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/17480839--scaling-tool-scale-stroke-weight-shadow-effect

You can see there are a lot more like this one. We've been requesting certain features for the past 3-4 years, which are even more essential than this, but Adobe has their roadmap, and they won't change it based on our opinions, most of the time.

And lastly - yes, I'm using it in the "real" world, when I have to. When it doesn't meet my needs, I use other packages, some of which you mentioned. You seem to be "stuck" with Xd for the time being, so it's a better idea to adapt.

Spas K. · Answer

Unfortunately, I don't think you can scale the weight with the object(s). I personally prefer for the stroke to not scale with the content, as when scaling icons they remain consistent, instead of getting slightly different weights. After I scale I just tune the weight to what looks good.

I agree, however, that this should be an option or we should at least be able to use some modifier key to toggle the stroke scaling.

If you are bringing stuff from Illustrator most of the time, you can outline the strokes in Ai (Object > Path > Outline Stroke), and then bring them into Xd, but you will lose the ability to modify their weight. Depends on what's more annoying 🙂

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