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Converting an Outline to a Path

To convert the outline of a to a path, first select the path and select the menu item Transform->Convert Outline To Path. For example, consider the path in Figure 8.31(a). This has a line width of 10 , a circle start marker, a triangle end arrow, a gradient line colour and a yellow fill colour. Figure 8.31(b) shows this path in edit mode to show the path's defining . In Figure 8.31(c), the path's outline has been converted to a path. This new path now has a gradient fill colour with a line width of 1bp and no start or end arrows. The new path's defining control points are shown in Figure 8.31(d).

Figure 8.31: Converting an outline to a path: (a) the original path; (b) the original path's defining control points; (c) the new path; (d) the new path's defining control points.
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(a)
Image outline2pathb.png
(b)
Image outline2pathc.png
(c)
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(d)


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