Sometimes entire arc segments are selected with a single click, and extrude with hidden segment lines. Other times, only individual segments can be selected and lines are visible when extruded. What causes this to happen?
The arc tool offers bright green/blue inference that indicates tangent to connecting line segments. Sometimes, the tangent indicator is triggered simply by beginning to draw an arc, other times I have to search for the snap, and sometimes it never shows.
The reason that segments of the arc get selected instead of the whole thing, is that your arc’s segments are “broken”. Draw an arc and right-click on it. There’s an “Explode Curve” option which basically turns your arc into a combination of segments. If you want to “heal” or “join together” your arc, download the Weld Plugin from the Extension Warehouse.
I watched the video and understand everything except that sometimes the arc tool automatically snaps tangent to an existing connected arc - the tangent snap is available before the second point of the arc width is established… I hope that makes sense, I’m hoping there is a way to reliably initiate this feature - for now it just happens sometimes, others not.
