[SOLVED]Copy, mirror and close curves

[Codename Capri]

Hello folks,

 

great thanks for developing such a fantastic app!

In my current workflow i create the right half of an object with the pen-tool. Then, i copy/paste it and mirror it immediately.

After repositioning it (thanks for the guidelines  :lol:) i want to join/combine these two curves. But every curve has it separate start- and endpoint. Combining two closed curves works great with the union function. But if they are not closed ....

 

My question is:

How can i combine these curves to one single curve for later use with gradients, etc.

Or is my workflow not right? Do i have to do it in a different manner? I want a perfect mirrored technical object, without to draw both sides separately, because i can't achieve this perfectly.

 

Thank you for your replies.

CC

[MEB]

Hello CodenameCapri,

Welcome to Affinity Forums,

Select both curves and press Join Curves in the context toolbar of the Pen or Node tool. It should join the closest ends of each curve automatically.

[Codename Capri]

Thank you very much.

I tried that before, but nothing happened. The problem was, that i have copied the curve and pasted it on the same layer, so AD interpreted both curves as a single one. I can't select one independent so i tried to select the single nodes and join them.

 

Now I pasted the second curve on a separate layer and the joining process went as expected. Thumbs up!