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Thanks toltec.

Whilst editing an object I accidentally clicked on a part of the grey swatch and suddenly AD assigned the grey scale to the 'Un-profiled file'. Clicking Undo does not undo neither does reopening the file. How do I restore the original setting?

Thanks. I think that this may have possibilities for me in other areas.

Doing half a curve is the way I would normally do it. What do you mean by using symbols?

Is there currently a way to produce a symmetrical curve starting with a straight line? The screen shot is a curve I produced from a straight line but I had to move the line slightly to create a set of curve node handles. I then created the two guide lines and moved the node handles onto the vertical curve whilst aligning the curve with the intersection of the guide lines. My point is that it would be useful to be able to 'Select' the node handles together and move them simultaneously to maintain symetry. I would compare this to using cmd + alt whilst dragging an object's envelope handles for resizing about its centre. Something similar could be useful for manipulating curve handles in a similar way. My screen shot failed to load! Curve nodes.afdesign

Yes that is exactly what I did and it worked OK. I now have a better understanding of how this procedure works.

When you say 'manually' what do you mean?

How this problem ca, about was that finished shape you generated was actually the original shape that I had drawn which was created using the 'Subtract' tool. I then wanted to add part of this shape to the left hand side of ther original shape and that is where I got into difficulties. Clearly my problem was, although I use these tools regularly, not understanding how they actually work as vector shapes.

Easy when you know how! Thanks Callum.

How do I join the nodes at point A without getting the result in B? If I use 'Join Curves' nothing happens. If I use 'Close Curve' I get the result in B which I do not want. Joining nodes.afdesign

Gotcha! All is well now. Thanks.

Thanks ABC. Using you first video, with the attached file, when I try to pull the whole ellipse using one of the minor axis nodes, only the node moves. I'm trying to align the line with the minor axis of the ellipse. I can do by moving the ellipse but I don't want to move the ellipse - only the line. Video 2 As I move the cursor round the ellipse lthe major and minor nodes do not appear. Check out my attachment. Ellipse allignment.afdesign

Is there a way to keep two objects selected whilst moving one relative to the other? It is possible to move an ellipse to line up its major or minor axes on a line but it is not possible to align a line with an ellipse's axes. If this is isn't possible then it would be useful to be able to do that. Another way would be for an ellipse's axes to be selectable or not as desired.

Thanks RC that's quite shed-load full of instructions! Using cmd + Shift and 3 is how I usually do a screen shot. Its the other bits that I didn't know about.

Where does that leave me and my problem?

I have attached the screen shot as an AD file to see if that helps. This seems to have worked Screen Shot 2018-02-10 at 16.26.08.afdesign

Hi RC, New Screen shot attached. I just selected the objects as you requested. I cannot save the screen shot file and I've no idea why!

No file attached as there is a problem loading it. I will close AD and do it again.

Screen shot attached show all objects selected as you requested.

Let's start again. Maybe I'm a bit thick! What file did you want me to open?

Screen shot attached.

Wow! I certainly tarted something here. This does what I want except it puts a black line round the objects and I lose the red colour. otherwise I can edit in the way I want.

A are a number of objects that have been converted to curves and grouped. B is the group cropped. C Is the group ungrouped after cropping. What I would like to do is to individually edit some of the objects from the cropped size to a new size using the curve nodes. As you can see the curve nodes are at their original positions. The point I am making is that it would be useful for a cropped object to adopt its new dimensions. I do realise that the purpose of 'Cropping' is so that the original object is still intact. My suggestion is a second type of cropping that allows the new shape to change its dimensions. Perhaps we could have 'Non destructive cropping' and 'Destructive cropping'. Cropping.afdesign

I can't because there is no colour pallet to choose from.

Can I change a document from greyscale to a colour? I want to change some text from black to a colour.