Working with Nodes (Node Editing)

Editing Curves and Lines (Paths)

On This Page

•	Overview
•	Node Edit
•	Add a Node
•	Delete a Node
•	Select Multiple Nodes

Working with Nodes

Do the following

Node Edit

Click on the Curve Object and then on the Node Edit tool

Click on the Curve Section that you wish to Node Edit and the Nodes will appear (as shown directly above);

Click on the Node you wish to Edit and either:

(a) Click and hold down the mouse button and Drag the Node to where you wish to Position it, or;

(b) Right-click on the Node to Toggle its Corner style (as discussed in Overview above), or;

(c) Click on a Slider Node (blue arrow) and hold down the mouse button and Drag the Slider Node to where you wish to Position it.

Part (b) can also be done by clicking on the Y key (Smooth section) or Z key (Sharp section).

There are also a number of additional node tools which are discussed in the following topics.

Add a Node

Click on the Curve Object and then on the Node Edit tool

Double-click on the Curve Section where you wish to Add a Node and a Node will be created at that point.

Delete a Node

Click on the Curve Object and then on the Node Edit tool

Double-click on the Node that you wish to Delete and that Node will be deleted.

You can also press Delete on the keyboard.

Select Multiple Nodes

Click on the Curve Object and then on the Node Edit tool

Click and hold down the mouse button and Drag out a Marquee over the Nodes you wish to select;

Let go of the mouse button and the Nodes will become selected.

There are also a number of additional node tools which are discussed ion the following topics.