shushustorm Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Hey everyone! Sometimes, curve operations will create sharp edges on one side of a node and a smooth or smart line on the other side, resulting in only one handle being there. Do you know if there is a way to add a second handle to a node without affecting the one that is already there? I could convert the node to "Smooth" or "Smart", but this will result in changes of the handle that's already present. Best wishes, Shu EDIT: Added a file and image to show the problem. test.afdesign: The original blue shape was drawn over the orange one, so I made nodes close to the orange shape, selected them and clicked "Action" -> "Break Curve", resulting in the four new blue curves (two can be deleted, which I disabled in the file). However, those curves are missing the handles that are required to make the adjustments shown in image.png (pink lines are supposed to be the adjusted outlines of the blue shapes). test.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The blue shape isn't closed. Click on this option when using the Node Tool (A) to close the shape. Then with the Node Tool selected, mouse over the line and left click and pull to the right slightly and the node handles will appear test-adjusted.afdesign shushustorm 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shushustorm Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 I see! Thanks for your reply! It works just like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 3 hours ago, firstdefence said: Then with the Node Tool selected, mouse over the line and left click and pull to the right slightly and the node handles will appear Probably obvious to the OP now, but dragging a line segment with the Node Tool often is a quicker & easier way to adjust it to the desired curvature than adjusting the handles individually. shushustorm 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shushustorm Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Yes, I realized this can be quite useful as well, depending on the situation! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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