Operation Manual

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 203
Closed shapes
As soon as you draw or select a line, you'll see the line's nodes appear. Nodes
show the end points of each segment in the line. Freehand curves typically have
many nodes; straight or curved line segments have only two. You can make a
shape by extending a line back to its starting point.
To turn a selected line into a shape:
• Select the line with the Pointer Tool and then click the Close
Curve button on the Curve context toolbar.
You can go the other way, too—break open a shape in order to add one or more
line segments.
To break open a line or shape:
1. With the Pointer Tool, select the node where you want to break the
shape.
2. Click the Break Curve button on the Curve context toolbar. A
line will separate into two lines. A shape will become a line, with the
selected node split into two nodes, one at each end of the new line.