CorelDraw 10 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Working with Nodes

To modify a curve, you select and manipulate its nodes. Here are some of the things you can do with nodes :

• Add control points to a node
• Make straight lines curved or curved lines straight
• Move nodes to different positions and manipulate their control points
• Add or delete nodes
• Break nodes apart
• Join two nodes into one

Selecting nodes

Of course, in order to work with nodes, you must first select them.

To select a node:

1.	Select a curve object (or one that has been converted to a curve object) with the Shape Tool. The object's nodes appear on the shape's path. (Check the status bar to make sure that the object is a curve.)
2.	Click a node with the Shape Tool to select it (Figure 6.9). Figure 6.9. Use the Shape Tool ...