I am sure that there must be something simple that I am missing, but I have been looking at this on and off for 2 or 3 days, hours accumulated, and I don't see what I am missing.
I want to use the Bezier tool to create a box with 4 sharp corners. I hold down the "shift" key and make one line, then click, and then make a second line, then click, and then make a third line, then click, and then bring the last line back to the starting point, and click. Holding down the shift key for all the actions, to the end.
Maybe 1 time among 7 times, I get 4 connected lines with 4 sharp corners. But the other 6 times among 7 times, when I click the last time, my last 2 lines with a sharp corner become 1 bent line.
I have carefully watched what I am doing, and I seem to be doing exactly the same actions every time, but yet, I get different results. What could I be doing that is altering the results ?
It almost seems like I need to click twice on the third sharp corner to really make it stick, but only once on the on the first and second sharp corner.
It doesn't seem to always be clear if I am drawing a line, or moving a handle. They kind of look the same, a bit, sometimes.
@davidm123 You don't need to hold the Shift key, you can just click on the points where you want a corner. You can even cancel the operation by pressing Esc or end without connecting to the starting point by pressing Enter key. Holding down the Ctrl key makes the line snap to 15 degree intervals i.e., 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90 and so on, you can eyeball a perfectly vertical or horizontal line from that.
I tried to draw like you described using Inscape 1.0 in Windows 10 and I could not even get any curved lines. From what I have seen, you get a curved line when left-click-drag while you're drawing. To get a straight line, you just need to click.
Thank you, tukykarmakar. I see ... certainly left-click-drag was some significant part of my problem. Not dragging, together with not holding the shift-key, that fixes it. Thanks ! 😀
Beginners' Questions drawing a box with the Bezier tool
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I am sure that there must be something simple that I am missing, but I have been looking at this on and off for 2 or 3 days, hours accumulated, and I don't see what I am missing.
I want to use the Bezier tool to create a box with 4 sharp corners. I hold down the "shift" key and make one line, then click, and then make a second line, then click, and then make a third line, then click, and then bring the last line back to the starting point, and click. Holding down the shift key for all the actions, to the end.
Maybe 1 time among 7 times, I get 4 connected lines with 4 sharp corners. But the other 6 times among 7 times, when I click the last time, my last 2 lines with a sharp corner become 1 bent line.
I have carefully watched what I am doing, and I seem to be doing exactly the same actions every time, but yet, I get different results. What could I be doing that is altering the results ?
It almost seems like I need to click twice on the third sharp corner to really make it stick, but only once on the on the first and second sharp corner.
It doesn't seem to always be clear if I am drawing a line, or moving a handle. They kind of look the same, a bit, sometimes.
Thanks if anybody can help me with this question.
I'd try not holding down the shift key, that's for making curved lines.
@davidm123 You don't need to hold the Shift key, you can just click on the points where you want a corner. You can even cancel the operation by pressing Esc or end without connecting to the starting point by pressing Enter key. Holding down the Ctrl key makes the line snap to 15 degree intervals i.e., 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90 and so on, you can eyeball a perfectly vertical or horizontal line from that.
I tried to draw like you described using Inscape 1.0 in Windows 10 and I could not even get any curved lines. From what I have seen, you get a curved line when left-click-drag while you're drawing. To get a straight line, you just need to click.
Thank you, tukykarmakar. I see ... certainly left-click-drag was some significant part of my problem. Not dragging, together with not holding the shift-key, that fixes it. Thanks ! 😀
No problem! Glad I could help, user davidm123.