How do you create pointed corners w/ Pencil

[lafasta]

Does anyone know how to create pointed corners with the pencil /pen/ brush tools on a single stroke? 
 

I'Ve tried many different settings with no luck. The corners are always either round or square. 
 

See attached video for an example of what I'm trying to do.

[Dan C]

Hi @lafasta,

Apologies for the delayed response here!

Using the Pencil Tool in designer, you should be able to draw pointed corners - are you having trouble with this?

If you're using the Pen tool, you may need to change the Join type to Mitre Join, then increase the Mitre limit depending on the thickness of your curve and the sharpness of the point -

I hope this helps

[lafasta]

I tried with the pencil tool and pen tool. Neither are making the pointed corners. When I use the pencil tool they look ok when drawing then the corners change when I lift my pencil and are weirdly shaped.

See attached video. 

[Alfred]

Your video shows smooth nodes, indicated by circles. The mitre limit is only going to affect sharp nodes (indicated by squares) so you need to convert the affected nodes accordingly.

[lafasta]

So are you saying I need to select each node individually and manually change each one to a sharp node? I’m drawing using the pencil tool so that would take a ridiculous amount of time. The pencil tool automatically creates round nodes. Is there a way to automatically make each node a sharp node?

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, lafasta said:

So are you saying I need to select each node individually and manually change each one to a sharp node?

No. With the Node Tool chosen and the pencil line still selected (or reselected) select all the nodes and change them in one fell swoop.

[lafasta]

Thanks!