I'm an Illustrator user just starting out with CD and theres a basic thing that I dont understand how to accomplish.
I want to create a number of nodes and then convert one of them to a curve by pulling out two bezier handles from one the node.
In illustrator, I would use the pen tool to create the anchor points and then click on one of them using the convert anchor point tool to pull out the bezier handles.
Whats the equivalent method in CD?
I realize that this is a really basic question, but I looked at several tutorials and they only discussed other methods of creating curved lines.
(Such as pulling out the handles WHILE creating the node using the pen tool. Or using the fillet option, thus creating two separate nodes.)
Can someone help me out?
Thanks for your responses! Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I think the technique described here is different from what I'm trying to do.
What I'm trying to do is select an individual node and convert it to a curve so that the node is the saddle point. This is the path:
When I select the anchor point and convert it to a curve, I end up with this:
However, what I want to do is pull both of the bezier handles from the same anchor point (as shown in this Illustrator screenshot):
Is there a way to do this in CD that I'm missing?
cropher said: what I want to do is pull both of the bezier handles from the same anchor point (as shown in this Illustrator screenshot): Is there a way to do this in CD that I'm missing?
what I want to do is pull both of the bezier handles from the same anchor point (as shown in this Illustrator screenshot):
draw the shape (you can hold Ctrl while drawing for constraing to the desire angle), select A SEGMENT, convert the segment to curve, select the upper node, choose "symmetric"
Hi Cropher,
Take a look at the image in section 5 of my post.
After you select CURVES from the "property" bar, you must still select the type of node. You are showing what is probably the default type of node. You have a choice of cusp, smooth, or symmetrical nodes.
Again, you can select any number of nodes by encircling them.
Phil