Make two joined pen lines sharp or pointy

[btavares79]

Hello,

I am trying to figure out how to make two pen lines pointy when they are joined. I am trying to make a mandala petal and I can get the shape I want I can't seem to figure out how to make the joined pen lines pointy. See below what I would like to make pointy.  I have tried the stroked options to make everything pointy but that doesn't seem to work. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[v_kyr]

Try to use first the Node tool, select both top nodes there and join them (see above the context toolbar for the node tool and the icon button "Join Curves"). Look if the joined node is a sharp node and also try finetuning via the stroke panel settings (cap, join, align) again.

 

[btavares79]

Thanks for the suggestion but the best I could get was a flat line on top.Doesn't look like this simple operation is possible.

[v_kyr]

@btavares79 Look at a triangle ...

... it's lines have such a sharp miter, which you have to try to replicate without loosing that sharp miter, which in turn depends on used stroke thickness here. - So apply and tryout some other (higher) mitre value in the text field!

[btavares79]

22 hours ago, v_kyr said:

Try to use first the Node tool, select both top nodes there and join them (see above the context toolbar for the node tool and the icon button "Join Curves"). Look if the joined node is a sharp node and also try finetuning via the stroke panel settings (cap, join, align) again.

 

 

21 hours ago, v_kyr said:

@btavares79 Look at a triangle ...

... it's lines have such a sharp miter, which you have to try to replicate without loosing that sharp miter, which in turn depends on used stroke thickness here. - So apply and tryout some other (higher) mitre value in the text field!

The mitre was the ticket. That and to use Join Curves. With just close curve it doesn't work. Thanks for your help.