Points and handles
Select, nudge, make corners or smooth points, add handles to straight lines.
Where
- Tool rail › Select (V)
- Contour menu
- Inspector › Point
- Click a point to select it, Shift+click to add to the selection, drag to box-select.
- Double-click a segment to select its whole contour.
- Arrow keys nudge by 1 unit, Shift+arrows by 10.
- Alt+click a straight segment to give it handles and turn it into a curve.
- Contour › Make points corners (Ctrl+Alt+G) and Make points smooth (Ctrl+Alt+N) change selected points; the Inspector has the same switch.
- While dragging a point, it snaps to metric lines and overshoot zones; hold Alt to snap to the plain lines only.
Shortcuts
- Nudge by 1 unitArrows
- Nudge by 10 unitsShiftArrows
- Add to the selectionShiftClick
- Select the whole contourDouble-click
- Add handles to a straight segmentAltClick
- Make points cornersCtrlAltG
- Make points smoothCtrlAltN
- Snap to metric lines, not overshootsAltDrag