CorelDRAW Help | Join curves

Join curves

You can join curves and line segments to create more complex curves as well as closed objects. The shape of the connecting lines is determined by the mode that you choose: Extend, Chamfer, Fillet, or Bézier Curve.

The lines in the upper-left corner were joined by using different modes. Modes from left to right: Extend, Chamfer, Fillet, and Bézier Curve.

You can also set the gap tolerance, which is the maximum distance between endpoints that can be joined. If the endpoints are further apart than the gap tolerance, they cannot be joined.

When you join curves, the resulting curve takes on the properties of the last object that was selected.

Joining curves and line segments can be the starting point for more complex drawings.

To join curves

1 Hold down Shift, and select each object using the Pick tool

2 Click Object

Join Curves.

3 In the Join Curves docker, choose one of the following modes from the list box:

• Extend

• Chamfer

• Fillet

• Bézier Curve

4 Click Apply.

If the curves are not joined, you must increase the gap tolerance.

You can also
Set the gap tolerance	Type a value in the Gap tolerance box.
Specify the radius	Type a value in the Radius box. This control is available only for the Fillet mode.

You cannot join interior points, only endpoints.

If endpoints to be joined do not share coordinates, the endpoints are extended to their intersection.

You can also connect the subpaths in a group of objects.

You can also select lines by marquee selecting. If the lines are marquee selected, the properties from the bottom object on a layer are used. To see which object is the bottom one, open the Objects docker by clicking Window Dockers Objects.