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Manipulating the shape of the spirals

You can manipulate the shape of the spiral by using the Shape tool to re-position nodes and adjust control points. Click here for a demonstration.

  1. Open the Shape tool flyout Shape flyout and click the Shape tool Shape tool.
  2. Select one of the spirals using the Shape tool. A number of nodes will appear along the length of the spiral's Bezier line.
  3. Click the node at the open end of the spiral and drag this segment of the Bezier line to a new position so that it forms a "tail" for the spiral.
  4. Click and drag the control point to adjust the curve of the tail.
  5. Click a node and drag the line to a new position that is asymmetrical.
  6. Click and drag the control point to adjust the curve of individual segments of the Bezier line. Manipulate as many or as few nodes and control points of the spiral as you want.

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