200
Angle:
This is the angle of the
Distance
line relative to the X axis.
o
In the first measurement of “
a
”, the angle was 0 because it was a horizontal line. On the other hand,
if the mouse had been dragged from the right side to the left side instead of the other way around,
the angle would have read 180.
o
If the measurement had been vertical, then the
Angle
would have read 90 if measured from the top
to the bottom. It would have read -90 if measured from the bottom to the top.
o
In the examp
le being used, the angle “
c
” is measured to be -128.24:
•
Obviously, “
c
” is an acute angle so -128.24 doesn’t represent the actual angle shown in the screenshot.
To get the true value, you subtract -128.24 from 180 (degrees in a straight line) to get 51.76 degrees.
•
However, the other way to get “c” without having to do a calculation is to drag from the other direction:
8.10 The Shape Tool - Path and Node Editing
•
Path editing involves moving paths as well as reshaping them. This topic was first introduced in
Section
7.05
where you were shown how to draw with the
Draw Tool
and then curve a straight-line path. If you
haven’t read
Section 7.05
, please do so before proceeding with the rest of this section.
•
To use the
Shape Tool,
click on the third icon
on the
Tools Panel
and then click on a shape. You
should see the nodes which currently define that shape. If you do not see any nodes, then most likely you
have clicked on a group of shapes. Go to
Object>Ungroup
and then try again.
•
Path editing involves dragging path or dragging
Bezier
control points to reshape them. Node editing
involves moving nodes and changing the type of node to then form desired curves.
•
The most likely mistake you’ll make while learning path and node editing is failing to zoom in close enough
so that you can click precisely on paths and nodes. Keep that in mind while experimenting.
c
The measurement for
c
is 51.72
…to here
The mouse is dragged
from here…
c
The measurement for
c
is -128.24
…to here
The mouse is dragged
from here…
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