Converting a span to a line enables you to alter the appearance of an arc or a Bézier curve span within a vector.
To convert a span to a line:
- Select
Vector > Node Editing or click the
Node Editing
button.
- Select a vector containing an arc or Bézier curve span. The selected vector is surrounded by a bounding box, within which you can see the start node
, control points 
, span 
, and nodes 
that make up the selected vector.
- Position the cursor over the arc or Bézier curve span. When it changes from
to 
, right-click to display its context menu. - Select Convert Span to Line to convert the existing span into a linear span.
If you convert the above Bézier curve span to a linear span you can see that its adjoining control points have been removed along with any curvature:
