This is different from the Pen tool in that it creates smooth flowing curves
versus straight, hard-edged polygons.
6. You can use the Drag tool (Ctrl+t) to select and move points on the curve to its
refine shape.When you??™re happy with the shape, press Ctrl+d to ???freeze??? the
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Figure 7.23 A new
blank layer is selected
while the original text
object is set to a background
layer.
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curve, or turn it into a polygon so it can be rendered.When you do this, you??™ll see
a polygon in the Perspective window, as in Figure 7.25.
Once a curve is converted to a polygon, it can be assigned a named surface, and
that??™s what we??™ll do next with this swoosh object.
Figure 7.25 Once the curve from the Spline Draw is created, you can freeze the curve to
turn it into polygons.
7. Press q to call up the Change Surface dialog box, and enter the name
ABN_Swoosh. Feel free to add a little color to the surface, and then click
OK to close the panel.
8. Save your work as an incremental save by pressing Shift+s.
There are many ways to duplicate objects in Modeler, including use of the Clone,
Array, and Mirror tools.
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