[solved] Pen Tool Help (Cusp Nodes)

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neon_c
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[solved] Pen Tool Help (Cusp Nodes)

Postby neon_c » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:49 am

Ok, I just switched from a Windows machine to Ubuntu Studio for my graphics work and ofcorse i am now using InkScape insted of Illustrator. I'm having problems with the Pen Tool ( :tool_pen: ). What's happening is this, I start the path by clicking on the canvas, now i click and Shift-Drag on another part of the canvas to curve that segment as a Cusp Node. However it looks like the handle that i'm dragging when i use Shift-Drag is the one for the NEXT segment. This is slowing me down allot because i've had to create each segment as a regular nodes, press Enter to 'finish' the path, than use the pen tool to resume drawing the path (this dose what i want. but there is allot of time wasted with extra clicks, and fixing mistakes). Is there any way to get it to work the way it dose in illustrator so that i can curve the 'previous' segment and not the next one? Inkscape is so customizable and robust that i cant imagine that there isnt a way to do this, I must be missing something. I've checked the Manual, FAQs and Tutorials but still cant find anything.
Thanks in advance! :D
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Re: Pen Tool Help (Cusp Nodes)

Postby prkos » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:26 am

When you drag the handle for the second node and youre satisfied with the way the present curve looks hit Shift without releasing the mouse button. This will "freeze" the handle related to the segment you already see so you'll now be able to control the handle for the next segment independently.

Here you can find a list of keyboard modify keys for drawing http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... ths-Bezier
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Re: Pen Tool Help (Cusp Nodes)

Postby neon_c » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:45 am

prkos wrote:When you drag the handle for the second node and youre satisfied with the way the present curve looks hit Shift without releasing the mouse button. This will "freeze" the handle related to the segment you already see so you'll now be able to control the handle for the next segment independently.

Here you can find a list of keyboard modify keys for drawing http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... ths-Bezier


Cool i just tryed it out. It works GREAT!
I knew that it was just something i missed :D


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