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I am trying to move a point along a path without distorting the path. Vectorscribe has a plugin but that requires a subscription. I don't mnd paying a modest fee but a subscription seems to be a bit much. Any ideas for alternatives or work arounds? Thanking anyone in advance.
Hi @SanFranJohn,
Thanks for reaching out. You may try the suggestion on this third-party community discussion (https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/93380/illustrator-move-anchor-points-while-preserving-angle).
I hope it helps!
Regards,
Anshul Saini
SanFranJohn, Anshul,
As far as I can see, the first suggestion on StackExchange will disrupt the path by scaling the left part of it along with the scaling of the right part, because a crucial step is missing, and it can be done simpler.
The other two suggestions there involve messing with the path which must then be unmessed (which can go wrong).
For a shortening of a straight path segment (starting with the path deselected) by ClickDragging the end Anchor Point with the Direct Selection
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Hi @SanFranJohn,
Thanks for reaching out. You may try the suggestion on this third-party community discussion (https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/93380/illustrator-move-anchor-points-while-preserv...).
I hope it helps!
Regards,
Anshul Saini
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SanFranJohn, Anshul,
As far as I can see, the first suggestion on StackExchange will disrupt the path by scaling the left part of it along with the scaling of the right part, because a crucial step is missing, and it can be done simpler.
The other two suggestions there involve messing with the path which must then be unmessed (which can go wrong).
For a shortening of a straight path segment (starting with the path deselected) by ClickDragging the end Anchor Point with the Direct Selection Tool having Smart Guides on is enough (Smart Guides saying path).
For a lenghtening of a atraight path segment by moving the end Anchor Point, I would suggest the following (simpler) way, starting with the path deselected, Smart Guides also being your friends:
1) With the Direct Selection Tool Click the path segment to be changed to have only that selected;
2) With the Scale Tool, Click the starting Point of the path segment, then ClickDrag the end Anchor Point (Smart Guides saying uniform).