To convert the outline of a to a path,
first || the
path and select the menu item
Transform->Convert Outline To Path. For
example, consider the path in Figure 8.41(a).
This has a line width of 10, a circle start marker,
a triangle end arrow, a gradient line colour and a yellow
fill colour. Figure 8.41(b) shows this
path in edit mode to show the path's defining
. In
Figure 8.41(c), the path's outline
has been converted to a path. This new path now has
a gradient fill colour with a line width of 1bp and
no start or end arrows. The new path's defining
control points are shown in Figure 8.41(d).
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Figure 8.41: Converting an outline to a
path: (a) the original path; (b) the original path's
defining control points; (c) the new path; (d) the new
path's defining control points.