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Hi Charlie..

Working with text on a circular path. I generate my layer with text on a path , works fine . I use position offset to get it to the top of the circle. However when you get too many letter position offset max's out at 1 , cant center it to circle path top, when text is centered on the circle it seems. I have to generate the raster layer, and use rotation of the raster layer to complete positioning. Is there a reason it max's out at 1 ?  Not an issue just a question.

Joe....

Hi Joe,

The Position Offset allows you to move where along the entire path's length that it positions the raster or text layer. A circular path has a node that acts as both the beginning and end of the path, which means that wherever that node lies is sort of a boundary that an Along Paths won't be able to cross. I realized this a while ago and haven't thought about different solutions yet. For now you'll just have to rotate the paths-layer so that the boundary node is on the opposite side of it from where you want your raster/text to be mapped to.

I think the simplest thing to do is just make it so that the 0.0->1.0 value range goes farther with continuous/looping paths, so that the raster/text can be seamlessly mapped around the entire path. I'll have to take a look and see what needs to be done.

 - Charlie