Line segments can be bent into an arc by dragging a red handle while holding the right mouse button or by enabling the option in the canvas toolbar. The angle of the line at its pivot and the length of the line will not change. This can only be performed with line segments. This method can be used to create smooth continuous curves when several segments are chained together or to give the impression of a flexible object.
Drag a red handle with the right mouse button to bend the line segment it's at the end of and rotate all segments attached to it
Line bending can also be combined with stretching by holding the Ctrl key while dragging with the right mouse button.The angle of the line at the pivot point will not change but the bend angle and segment length will change to keep the handle under the cursor.
This is equivalent to enabling both the segment bend and segment stretch options in the canvas toolbar.
Bent segments can be used in the figure builder to create complex shapes with smooth curved contours. When polygons are added, the polygon will fill the bent area of the segment if it forms an edge of the polygon. Any shape can be created by using polygons and bent or straight segments in this way.
Bend Snapping
If bending a line from a non-default bend angle (the bend that the figure type was designed with), then it will snap back to its default bend angle when the cursor is close enough. It won't snap to the default bend if the drag is begun from the default bend. If the line has a non-default bend and you wish to position the segment close to the default bend angle then it will require two drags of the handle. Firstly drag the handle so that it snaps to the default bend, then release the mouse and drag again to the bend angle you require.
Alternatively, disable the snap option in the canvas toolbar.
In the figure builder window, snapping always returns the bend angle to 0 (no bend).
Alternatively, disable the snap option in the canvas toolbar.