Erm... how do i open a closed shape in Designer?

[Nazario]

Cannot figure this out at all?!

 

I've drawn a rectangle, edited the shape slightly but now need to open the shape to edit it further. How do I do it?

[evtonic3]

Convert to curves. You can break at the nodes already in shape by clicking on the node where you want to break the curve (highlighted), then click on the first button in the toolbar at the top. Break Curve button, the node will then be broken. If you need to break at a point in between nodes, grab the node tool and double click on path then use the same procedure as described already.

[R C-R]

First, use the "Convert to curves" button on the toolbar. Then use the node tool to select the rectangle, optionally select a node, & click the Break Curve icon in the Action section of the toolbar. 

[Nazario]

I've been tearing my hair out trying to do this  :P

 

I was expecting to be able to select the line between the nodes and then hit backspace or something. Thanks.

[R C-R]

Until you convert the shape to curves, there really aren't any nodes for it, just the resizing handles & for the ones that have modifiers, the little control handles that change its properties, like the one for the polygon shape tool that changes the curvature of its sides or the pair that change the inner & point radii for the double star shape tool.

 

After you convert the shape to curves, you lose those modifier control handles & the ones in the toolbar like the one that sets & changes the number of points or sides for polygons, stars, & so on -- they just become ordinary shapes that you have to modify one node at a time.

 

So if you are working with the more complex shapes, it is usually best to leave them as modifiable shapes unless & until you need to do individual node-level changes.