freesewing/markdown/dev/guides/patterns/paths/en.md

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title: Paths
order: 40
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<Example part="docs_overview" options_focus="Paths">
Paths are the lines and curves of your pattern
</Example>

Paths are the lines and curves that make up your pattern.

They are made up of a set of drawing operations that together make up the path.
FreeSewing supports the following types of drawing operations:

-   The **move** operation moves our virtual pen but does not draw anything.
-   The **line** operation draws a straight line
-   The **curve** operation draws a [Bézier curve](/guides/overview/about/beziercurves/)
-   The **close** operation closes the path

To crucial thing to keep in mind is that, with the exception of the **move** operation,
all drawing operations start from wherever you are currently on your virtual sheet of paper.

For example, you might expect the **line** operation to take a start- and endpoint.
But in fact, it only takes an endpoint, and will draw a straight line from where our virtual pen
currently is to said endpoint.

Because all but the **move** drawing operations are relative to their operation preceding it,
**all Paths must start with a move operation**.

<Note>

Understanding that each drawing operation builds upon the next one is an important insight.

</Note>

<Tip>

Our example image (which, if you hadn't realized was created with FreeSewing) has a lot of
paths in it. Each box, the arrows, the lines in the React logo, and so on.

</Tip>
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feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
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			`</Example>`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
			`Paths are the lines and curves that make up your pattern.`

			`They are made up of a set of drawing operations that together make up the path.`
			`FreeSewing supports the following types of drawing operations:`

chore(markdown): Linting of dev docs 2022-02-19 08:04:25 +01:00			`- The move operation moves our virtual pen but does not draw anything.`
			`- The line operation draws a straight line`
			`- The curve operation draws a [Bézier curve](/guides/overview/about/beziercurves/)`
			`- The close operation closes the path`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
			`To crucial thing to keep in mind is that, with the exception of the move operation,`
			`all drawing operations start from wherever you are currently on your virtual sheet of paper.`

chore(markdown): Linting of dev docs 2022-02-19 08:04:25 +01:00			`For example, you might expect the line operation to take a start- and endpoint.`
minor text corrections 2022-01-15 10:38:14 -05:00			`But in fact, it only takes an endpoint, and will draw a straight line from where our virtual pen`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			`currently is to said endpoint.`

			`Because all but the move drawing operations are relative to their operation preceding it,`
			`all Paths must start with a move operation.`

			`<Note>`

			`Understanding that each drawing operation builds upon the next one is an important insight.`

			`</Note>`

			`<Tip>`

chore(markdown): Linting of dev docs 2022-02-19 08:04:25 +01:00			`Our example image (which, if you hadn't realized was created with FreeSewing) has a lot of`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			`paths in it. Each box, the arrows, the lines in the React logo, and so on.`

			`</Tip>`