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150 Drawing Lines and Shapes

Dragging the line segment
You can also change the curve by dragging the line segment between points.

Notice the difference between dragging the line to change its shape, and clicking on the
line to add a new point handle. Dragging a straight line segment changes it to a curved
line segment.

Making sharp corners
Normally, Xara Web Designer Premium draws a smooth curve through a point handle.
For this, the two curve handles either side of a point handle are linked. Moving either
curve handle also moves the other.

Sometimes you will want a sharp corner, and to achieve this, you need to unlink the
curve handles:

1. Double click the point handle,
2. Or select the point handle and either:

Click the CUSP JOIN button, or press "Z".

You can now move each curve handle independently.

Making smooth curves

To convert a sharp join into a smooth curve:

1. Double click the point handle,
2. Or select the point handle and either:

Click the SMOOTH JOIN button, or "S".

The two curve handles become linked and move to opposite sides of the point handle.
This may change the shape of the curve.