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2. Using the Selection tool, double-click any line of the car body shape to enter
into the drawing object.

Double-clicking an object on the Stage switches into Edit mode for the object (often
referred to as “entering” the object). While in Edit mode for a particular object, you can
see but not access other objects on the Stage.

The Edit bar shows the
path to the object you
are currently editing.
Other objects are
visible, but cannot be
selected or edited.

3. Choose the Line tool in the Tools panel. Make sure Object-Drawing mode is
toggled on at the bottom of the Tools panel or in the Properties panel.

4. Draw a straight line where the back of the door is indicated in the sketch. Note:
Extend the line above and below the car body shape.
While drawing, press
Command/Control to
temporarily access the
Selection tool; when you
release the modifier key,
you return to the last-
selected tool.

The easiest way to deselect
everything is to press
You can use the Properties panel Command/Control, and
to toggle on object-drawing mode. then click away from any
object on the Stage.
5. Choose the Selection tool. Click away from the line to deselect it, and then
use the Selection tool to bend the line into shape.

6. Click the line to select it again, and then choose Modify>Break Apart.
This command converts objects in object-drawing mode to merge-drawing mode so you
can use the destructive editing capabilities of the Selection tool.

Before breaking apart, After breaking apart,
selecting the line with the line is a merge-
the Selection tool drawing shape; you can
reveals the object’s select the object’s pixels
anchor points. with the Selection tool.

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