Custom-Cookie-Cutter-Generator Usability Mods

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I adore the Custom-Cookie-Cutter-Generator created by Guru; however, I found its usability a bit challenging, particularly when adding or removing nodes. To rectify this, I made several improvements: selected nodes are highlighted in red, and moving a node chooses the closest one to the mouse, not just those within 4px distance. Additionally, thicker dough rolls can fit in the cutting area due to increased height/depth. New nodes appear at the cursor's location in a logical order, and removing a node eliminates the closest one to the mouse. A basic scaling feature was also added: up arrow scales by 110%, down arrow by 90%. Last-used locations are remembered for open/save dialogues as well. Kudos to Guru for the original version! Future enhancements could include automated smoothing and improved load/save/export functions, along with other features I may forget. To use this tool, unlekkerlib for Processing is required, which can be downloaded from http://codeandform.googlecode.com/files/unlekkerLib0003c.zip. Create a "libraries" folder in your Processing directory and unzip the file into it to activate this feature.