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Beyond the Basics Nodes ... a few questions
  1. #1
    EagleWorks EagleWorks @EagleWorks

    So ...

    I am slowly getting the nodes figured out. 

    The 4 types. Cusp, Smooth, Symmetric,Auto Smooth.

    How to cycle through them with CTRL+LCLICK.

    And there are shortcut keys to change them.

    My questions are this.

    How do you tell what type of node that you have?   Cusp or corner is pretty easy.

    But the others are hard to tell.  I thought maybe the node type would be displayed on the status bar at the bottom, but I don't see that.

    I end up cycling through the different nodes to figure out which one I have.

    What about the color?  I seem to get red, I thought I saw blue colors in the nodes.  Is there some kind color code or shapes for for the different nodes?  Where might I find that/?

    Or is this just a matter of visually looking at the handles and recognizing the type.

    Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

    Thanks

  2. #2
    EagleWorks EagleWorks @EagleWorks

    I no sooner write something and the answer pops up.

    The status does not show the type of node if the nodes are selected. 

    If none are selected and you hover over with mouse, the status bar will tell you what type of node it is.

    Find out something new every day!