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Points and Handles

Mode: Object Mode, in Draw

Shortcut: G move, S scale handles, R turn handles, V sharp or smooth

A big marker is a sharp corner; a small one is a smooth point with handles.

Select

Click a guide
Selects the guide. Hold Shift to add it to the selection.
Click a point
Selects the point and its guide.
L and click
Selects the guide and every guide glued to it.
A, Alt+A
Selects all guides, or none. A click on bare mesh also deselects.

Move

Drag a point to move it. Shift slides it along its guide.

A point dragged, slid along its guide with Shift, and moved with a tap of G

Hold G and drag a line to move the whole guide.

G held and a guide dragged: the whole guide moves

Tap Keys

Select a point, tap a key, move the mouse, click to confirm.

G
Moves the point.
S
Scales its handles, for a wider or tighter curve.
R
Turns its handles. Hold Ctrl for 15° steps.
V
Makes the point sharp or smooth.

A point selected, then G, S, R and V tapped in turn

Handles

Drag a handle's end to bend the curve. H shows all handles.

H showing the handles, a handle end dragged to bend the curve, and V making the point sharp

Add and Delete

Ctrl and click a line
Adds a point there.
Ctrl and click a point
Deletes the point.
Ctrl and wheel
Gives the guide fewer or more points and keeps its shape.
E and click
Erases the section between two junctions.
X and click
Deletes the guide. Del deletes the selected guides.

Ctrl-click on a line adding a point, and Ctrl-click on a point deleting it

E-click erasing a section of a guide, and X-click deleting a whole guide

Brushes

Hold R and drag to smooth a guide. Hold T and drag to push it. The wheel sets the brush size. Shift+R smooths the whole selected guide.

The relax brush (R) and the tweak brush (T) dragged over a guide, then Shift+R relaxing the whole guide