I often draw a wiggly line, then realize that it's not quite right, and I'd like to redraw part of it. Ideally, I'd mark a part of it to be replaced, and then free-hand draw another pieve of wiggly line to replace it.
Now the only way I've found to edit an existing line is by adding and removing control points and turning the tangents -- far too cumbersome for what I'd like to do.
Is there any way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? To edit a portion of a line freehand?
-- hendrik
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:44:56 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
I often draw a wiggly line, then realize that it's not quite right, and I'd like to redraw part of it. Ideally, I'd mark a part of it to be replaced, and then free-hand draw another piece of wiggly line to replace it.
Now the only way I've found to edit an existing line is by adding and removing control points and turning the tangents -- far too cumbersome for what I'd like to do.
Is there any way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? To edit a portion of a line freehand?
I've found ways to nudge a line around. But what I really want to do is redraw it.
-- hendrik
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@...2611...> wrote:
Is there any way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? To edit a portion of a line freehand?
Yes, there is. Using the Node tool (F2), select the nodes of the portion of path you want to delete, and delete them using Ctrl-Del. Holding Ctrl while deleting will ensure that the rest of the path isn't modified to try and keep the shape of the nodes you're deleting.
Now you should have a section of straight line where you deleted the nodes. You need to remove that section so you can replace it. So click on the straight section and then click the icon that does "Break segment between two non-endpoint nodes". The icon looks like two nodes joined by a segment above with an arrow pointing to two nodes not joined below. Now the section of path you wanted to replace is completely removed.
Switch back to the Freehand tool, and you should see unfilled squares at each end of the two sub-paths. Start your new freehand line inside one of those squares (the square should turn red when you hover the mouse over it), and it will automatically join the path at that point. End your freehand line in another one. There seems to be a bug (at least in the SVN dev version I'm using) where the end point is not automatically joined. In that case, switch back to the Node tool, select the two nodes, which should be very close together, and press the button that does "Join selected endnodes". The two nodes will become one.
Kurt
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