Peak/smooth problem

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wagmun
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Peak/smooth problem

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Hi
I've started experience a prob with my curves yesterday.
I was working on a drawing when I started a curve with the "Add point" tool.
I clicked the first point, and when i clicked the second it became imediately curve. I completed the process adding all the points and at the end I selected them all and chose draw-peak.
Nothing happened.
Tried several times without succes.
I decided to create a new document. Now peak was working perfectly.
I copied the shape to take it to the previous drawing. There, peak was not working again.
In this same drawing, sometimes creating a new layer worked. I could draw a shape with sharp corners. But suddenly, even draing on new layers was resulting in a smooth shape (I needed sharp, and peak wouldn't work).
I could immediately gues if I was going to have a prob. If on the second point added I'd see it curved, I knew "peak" or "smooth" commands wouldn't work.
I could either try to buid the shape in a new layer or, if it didn't work, close de document, create a new one, draw the curve there, copy it, close it, go back to the document I was working on and paste it there.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by neeters_guy »

I can't reproduce your problem so these are just some possible leads:

1) When you use the add points tool, is sharp corners checked?
2) When you create your first point are you clicking or click-dragging? If the former, you will create 2 coincident points that will mess up your curve. The first point must be click-drag, then release at the second point.
3) You can also peak points using shortcut Ctrl-P (in AS6, Windows).
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Post by Víctor Paredes »

For some reason, sharp corners doesn't work if you are not in frame zero. Maybe that could be the problem.
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Post by wagmun »

neeters_guy wrote:I can't reproduce your problem so these are just some possible leads:

1) When you use the add points tool, is sharp corners checked?
2) When you create your first point are you clicking or click-dragging? If the former, you will create 2 coincident points that will mess up your curve. The first point must be click-drag, then release at the second point.
3) You can also peak points using shortcut Ctrl-P (in AS6, Windows).
Hi
1) Yes. Sharp corners was checked
2) Click and drag
3) Can't get points sharp neither by Ctrl+p or thru menu "Draw>Peak"

It´s funny that if I create a new drawing points will be sharp. Looks like something happend to the file which is causing this problem.

Tks
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Post by wagmun »

selgin wrote:For some reason, sharp corners doesn't work if you are not in frame zero. Maybe that could be the problem.
Hi Selgin
I´m working at frame zero with no results.
Interesting to note that if I create a new drawing peak works normally.
I guess I have a bug in this specific file, which is causing the process to be very unproductive.
Tks for your help.
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