i've been using illustrator for years, in fact it is one of my favourite programs, but there is something i'd like to be able to do which has always niggled me but never resolved so i thought i'd just ask the question...
basically, what is the best way to have an anchor point with only one handle?
lets say you wanted to draw a big "V" with a rounded point at the bottom...
you start at the top right (for ex) and click near the bottom at the rhs... then you drag out a handle (although this would not be exactly in line with the existing line you have (niggle #1), then you click and drag over at the left to complete the curved bit, now once again there is a problem cuz you need to have the opposite of before, i.e. a handle on the side you have come from and not the other side...
do you see the dilemma?
what you want is 4 points, 2 of which have handles only on 1 of their sides which lines up perfectly with the sides...
how is this done?
basically, what is the best way to have an anchor point with only one handle?
lets say you wanted to draw a big "V" with a rounded point at the bottom...
you start at the top right (for ex) and click near the bottom at the rhs... then you drag out a handle (although this would not be exactly in line with the existing line you have (niggle #1), then you click and drag over at the left to complete the curved bit, now once again there is a problem cuz you need to have the opposite of before, i.e. a handle on the side you have come from and not the other side...
do you see the dilemma?
what you want is 4 points, 2 of which have handles only on 1 of their sides which lines up perfectly with the sides...
how is this done?