A right bend Another useful shape is a quarter turn. Here it is in brief. Create a circle, holding down the Ctrl and shift keys. Clone it (Ctrl K) and shrink it 50% to get concentric circles. Select them, convert to editable shapes (Arrange > Convert to Editable Shapes ) and break at points to obtain a quarter circle (2). Now we could these as a template to modify the default envelope but let's pick another way. Connect the curves to create enclosed object (3). Check path direction by clicking shape editor tool and continually pressing the Tab key, also count the points - there must only be 4 (tab test). If it is not clockwise, reverse the path (infobar). Move the starting point to bottom left (4) To do this, copy the shape, create a square over the shape, and paste shape as an envelope. Click the rotate icon on infobar once for each point clockwise you need to move to get to bottom left, then copy envelope to clipboard and paste (Ctrl-V) to get (4). Discard original shape and mould object. As an exercise, create a line with an arrow head (5). Convert line to shape (Arrange menu) and enlarge (6). Finally apply the envelope and drag back into the correct shape (7). (8) shows what you can do with the wave envelope, which I reckon looks quite professional. Now for some more exotic shapes. |
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