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Re: Show HN: SVG Path Builder

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Forgive me for being a little skeptical but can you show us a screenshot of the "toast shape" done in Adobe Illustrator (showing the guide lines, please)? (I'm changing the challenge a bit because just dragging the top line isn't the same as bestowing the top corners with guides and this challenge now necessitates the guides): http://imgur.com/UbcUfMu And make sure to tell us how long it took you. In SVG Path Builder…

Sure, here is a toast shape: http://imgur.com/x86KzRb Took about 10 seconds as well. Again, the anchor point tool is necessary here. First you drag the top line up to add split anchors (or cusp nodes, haven't ever used that term) to the two adjacent points. Then you can use either the anchor point tool or the direct selection tool to adjust the two new anchors. The anchor point tool is essential to using Illustrator.…

I stand corrected. Thank you for your time and help and for showing me the respective doc page.

This is what I was looking for:

"To convert a smooth point to a corner point with independent direction lines [...]"

Which is almost the precise definition of "cusp": "a pointed end where two curves meet" + "a point of transition between two different states". :-)

Corel named it well!

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