User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To simultaneously delete both tangent lines of an anchor point: Tab-click the
point.
Straightening curve segments
Straighten a curved segment by selecting it and using the Straighten command in the context menu.
This command deletes the tangent line(s) that curve the segment.
To straighten a segment:
1. With the object in edit mode, right-click the curved segment that you want to straighten.
2. Choose Straighten in the context menu.
Reshaping curve segments
To adjust the shape of a curve, in addition to moving points and segments along the path itself, you
can adjust the tangent lines that control the curve. The angle of the tangent line affects the curve
shape, while the length of the tangent line affects the size of the segment.
At a smooth anchor point, adjusting the angle of a tangent line affects the curves on both sides of the
anchor point. At a corner anchor point, you can reshape the segments on each side independently
(see "Reshaping paths by editing anchor points" on page 338).
To reshape a curved segment:
1. With the object in edit mode, click one of the segment’s anchor points to display its tangent
lines.
2. Drag the handle of the tangent line to change the shape of the associated curve. In the case
of a smooth point, the tangent line affects both adjacent curve segments.
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