FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Jun 16, 2012 · 23 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Sun, 17 June 2012 at 9:43 AM
Um... Got another problem with this:
The tut says: select the line segment joining the two points at the bottom of the curve, and delete it.
However when I try selecting it and deleting - that deletes the whole thing, all the curves and points! I'm using the same selctor tool as he has in the tut image for this stage, but it's just not working - and I can't find the history in this prog (like you have in PhotoShop) so I can't tell what I've done and what hasn't had any effect, and what has - unless the effect is obviously visible.
Does anyone have any idea how to do this bit?
It's done in order to draw more of the curves and points to continue the glass filament support inside the bulb.
(P.S. Archdruid: I noted what you said and I would like to increase my knowledge of Illustrator too, expecially if it makes drawing bezier curves for importing into Cinema easier than drawing them in C4D directly, but I'd rather get this light bulb model finished first as I want to use it to replace my box modelled light bulb I've already created, so I can pack up a set of lanterns I've been making for my first attempt at selling things, with a hopefully less poly heavy and more detailed model in the pack.)
PPS I've also tried clicking on that end line segment with the pen tool - but all that does is adds another anchor point - and I'm not sure if that's a totally new anchor point not connected to the previous lot - of if it IS connected, I have no way of telling - but I don't think thats correct any more than using the 'Direct Selection tool' was.
Help?
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