Operation Manual

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If you add to a B-spline by selecting the first or last control point, the clamped control point automatically changes to a floating
control point as you draw the new portion of the line.
You can change whether a control point is floating or clamped by holding down V and clicking a control point with the Shape tool.
You can also add control points while you draw a B-spline by pressing Spacebar instead of clicking.
By choosing Object Convert to curves, you can convert a B-spline line to curves and then reshape it by using nodes. After a line has
been converted, you can no longer edit it by using B-spline control points.
To draw a preset line
1
Click the Linear pattern tools button, and click the Linear pattern preset tool .
2 Choose a preset line shape from the Preset stroke list box.
3 Drag until the line is the shape you want.
If you want to adjust the line width, type a value in the Strokewidth box on the property bar.
To hide the bounding box when using curve or linear pattern tools
1 In the toolbox, click one of the following tools:
• Freehand
• 2-point line
• Bézier curve
• Pen
• B-spline
• Multi-point line
• 3-point curve
• a linear pattern tool
2
Click the Bounding box button on the property bar.
When you hide the bounding box while working with one curve tool, the bounding box remains hidden for all curve tools. For
example, if you hide the bounding box when using the Freehand tool, it remains hidden when you switch to the Bézier curve tool.
You can also hide the bounding box when drawing with the curve tools by clicking Tools Options. In the Workspace list of
categories, click Display, and enable the Hide bounding box for curve tools check box.
Parallel drawing
When using a curve tool, you can turn on parallel drawing to create a line parallel to the line that you are drawing. You can specify whether
the parallel line appears to the left or to the right of the original line. In addition, you can set the distance between the original line and the
parallel line by specifying a value or dragging in the document.
Corel DESIGNER lets you create single or multiple parallel lines and preview them as you draw. You can also add parallel lines to an existing
line.