Eraser Nub

[J. Baker]

Using a stylus in Moho and the eraser always leaves a nub behind? Anyone know how to solve this?

[Víctor Paredes]

I'm not sure I'm understanding your post correctly, but the Eraser in Moho is different to a bitmap eraser.
Instead of removing pixels, it removes sections of the vector and vector lines can end with flat or round caps, depending on the stroke's properties.

[J. Baker]

I erased the lines but it left these nubs behind. After I erase, they just pop into place. I circled the "nubs" that I talking about.

[Greenlaw]

Are you using Moho 14.4? If so, the current native Eraser doesn't support Trim. You can get this option back by installing SimplSam's Eraser+.

SS - Eraser+

Note that this tool replaces the existing eraser with a version that supports some additional features. It's a little weird because you will also see a custom icon for the tool in a lower section, and you might think you still have the native Eraser tool. (Well, anyway, I did.) By design, the tool is duplicated in both places.

(Personally, I don't think it should do this, because it could override a future version of the native Eraser that may sport new features. I would prefer to choose which version I wanted to use in the Tools window. If Eraser+ didn't override the native Eraser tool, I would simply re-assign the native keyboard shortcut to Eraser+.)

Here's a comparison, before and after installing Eraser+...

Native Eraser Options:


Eraser+ Options:


Once you have Eraser+ installed, make sure Trim is enabled, and it should remove the line cleanly.

Despite the duplication in the Tools window, I highly recommend this Tool! And while you're at it, check out Sam's Blob Brush+

[J. Baker]

That's interesting. Thanks!

Yeah, I wish it didn't replace the original either. Oh and yes, using version 14.4.

[Greenlaw]

Quick demo...



BTW, the tool in the bottom left corner in my Draw+ section is the duplicate tool.

[J. Baker]

Wow! That's much faster. Moho needs to incorporate this. So that way you don't lose the original Eraser tool.

[SimplSam]

The reason why it replaces the built-in tool is because that was/is the only way to also allow it to be integrated as the Erase function for Drawing Pens and the Freehand & Blob Brush tools.

However, bowing to significant political pressure - I have now uploaded an unintegrated / non-replacing version, which sits alongside the built in tool - without affecting it.

The unintegrated version has the same filename as the integrated version, so you can simply download and replace.

https://mohoscripts.com/script/ss_eraser/unintegrated

[J. Baker]

Thank you very much, SimplSam!

[synthsin75]

If you name the file the same as the LM tool, you won't get the extra tool in the toolbar and it will use your custom icon in the draw section.
So there's no confusion about replacement tools, I've added this at line 1174 in mine: layout:AddChild(LM.GUI.StaticText("<REPLACEMENT>"))

I think this the best of both worlds. LM-only functionality with a clear indication that it's a replacement tool.

[Greenlaw]

Thanks for giving us these choices, SimplSam and Synthsin75! You guys are awesome!

Will give them both a try tonight.