How to create a curved edge

**jen0dorf** · 28 April 2006, 02:55 PM

Hi

I've attached a xar filr and simply I can't work out how to create the lurved edge in the right image on the left. I've tried using a circle and slice but failed .

Can someone point me in the right direction.

thanks Ian

**Christine Farrelly** · 28 April 2006, 03:27 PM

Convert the rectangle to editable shape, add nodes where you want the curve to begin. Delete the corner node and stretch the resulting line to a curve.

Christine

**-=Drifter=-** · 28 April 2006, 03:34 PM

I'm late... but here

**parahandy** · 28 April 2006, 03:36 PM

You could of course, cloned the right-hand image, then reversed it but nothing like learning the proper way.Itoo was typing this Bob and you got in ahead of me.

.Norman.

**jen0dorf** · 28 April 2006, 03:51 PM

Thanks one and all, as usual I was on the wrong track

Ian

**-=Drifter=-** · 28 April 2006, 05:06 PM

Boy Norm, I never even thought of that! Yikers, I'm an idiot! What a simple direct solution you had. Good thinking!!!!

**Egg Bramhill** · 29 April 2006, 02:29 AM

Here's my favourite way of doing this.

1: Create your rectangle (blue). Create a second rectangle (orange)
2: Select the 2nd orange rectangle and set the rotation to 45 degrees in the rotaion text box
3: Move the orange rectangle over the blue rectangle. Select both rectangles, Arrange / Combine Shapes / Subtract shapes.
4: With the Shape Editor tool select the 2 new corner nodes. Hit the 'Make Curve C' icon and the 'Smooth Join S' icon
5: The final shape

This might sound long winded but in fact is extremely fast and also allows for better placed nodes than can be acheived by just clicking the 'add node' method.