Affinity Designer pen tool

[dkj]

When I create a path using the Affinity Designer pen tool, some of the nodes are square, and some are round; some nodes include dots, and some are empty. I haven't been able to find an explanation of this in the help files.

[Alfred]

Square => sharp node

Round => smooth node

Dot => smart node

 

[firstdefence]

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/about_linesAndShapes.html

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/draw_linesAndShapes.html

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/edit_linesAndShapes.html

[Pšenda]

About lines, curves and shapes

The type of node controls the connected segments. There are three basic types of node:

• Sharp (A)—causes an abrupt change in direction between segments, creating a point.
• Bézier (smooth) (B)—creates a continuous curve between segments.
• Smart (C)—creates a continuous curve but uses a line of best fit.

[Martin S Taylor]

Kind of follow-up question: if I draw a curve using the pen tool, Bézier nodes are always round but Sharp nodes are square; this is the behaviour I expect.

But if I dras a curve using the pencil tool, the end-points of the curve are always square even if they are Bézier nodes. Why is this?

Martin