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Converting an Outline to a Path

To convert the outline of a to a path, first || the path and select the menu item Transform->Convert Outline To Path. For example, consider the path in Figure 8.41(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 8.41(b) shows this path in edit mode to show the path's defining . In Figure 8.41(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 8.41(d).

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Figure 8.41: 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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