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From: Olav Kvern
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:34

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Chris--

They're the Bezier control points associated with each path point. LeftDirection controls the curve of the line segment *preceding* the path point on the path; RightDirection is the curve of the line segment following the path point. The order of the points on a path determines the "direction" of the path.

(It *definitely* helps to be familiar with Bezier drawing tools--if you're not, play with InDesign's Pen tool for a bit--I think it might help.)

For a quick tutorial on working with direction handles and path points, take a look at the PathEffects example script. It even runs through a bit of the Bezier math.

Thanks,

Ole

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