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Parts of a path
A path is made up of one or more straight or curved segments. The beginning and end of
each segment are marked by anchor points, which work like pins holding a wire in place.
You change the shape of a path by editing its anchor points. In an open path, the starting
and ending anchor points are called endpoints. You can control curves by dragging the
direction lines that appear at anchor points to form curves.
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B
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A. Selected (solid) endpoint B. Selected anchor point
C. Curved path segment D. Direction line
Paths can have two kinds of anchor points—corner points and smooth points. At a corner
point, a path abruptly changes direction. At a smooth point, path segments are connected
as a continuous curve. You can draw a path using any combination of corner and smooth
points. If you draw the wrong kind of path, you can always change it.
A B
A. Four corner points B. Same point positions using
smooth points C. Same point positions combining
corner and smooth points
Don't confuse corner and smooth points with straight and curved segments. A corner
point can connect any two straight or curved segments, while a smooth point always
connects two curved segments.
A corner point can connect both straight segments and
curved segments
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