# How to do make straight segment to curve

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Created:** [September 23, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881 "2025-09-23T06:43:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jayanta\_Das](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/jayanta_das/32/8930_2.png) [@Jayanta\_Das](https://community.penpot.app/u/Jayanta_Das)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881/1 "2025-09-23T06:43:31Z")

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New to Pent. How to do make straight segment to curve as shown in the gif.

![new-to-penpot-v0-29nb9tcz4rpf1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/5/5b8afc1fd09a8760e6374c43b465a373f9479912.gif)

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**Author:** ![LauraKalbag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/laurakalbag/32/5014_2.png) [@LauraKalbag](https://community.penpot.app/u/LauraKalbag)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881/2 "2025-09-23T08:28:53Z")

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In case it’s unclear, the first step is right-click the shape to open the contextual menu. (You can also get to the edit mode by double-clicking the shape or hitting the enter key.)

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**Author:** ![Jayanta\_Das](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/jayanta_das/32/8930_2.png) [@Jayanta\_Das](https://community.penpot.app/u/Jayanta_Das)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881/3 "2025-09-23T13:45:59Z")

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Thanks for the reply. As in the gif you can see that I have not added any node in the middle, only added the handle to the left and right node to make the segment curve.

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**Author:** ![LauraKalbag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/laurakalbag/32/5014_2.png) [@LauraKalbag](https://community.penpot.app/u/LauraKalbag)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881/4 "2025-09-23T14:09:49Z")

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Penpot doesn’t work that way. Though there could be a plugin to create that functionality for paths.

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**Author:** ![schnesen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/schnesen/32/7964_2.png) [@schnesen](https://community.penpot.app/u/schnesen)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881/5 "2025-09-23T14:12:32Z")

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Here an option to achieve this with a couple more clicks.

![Curve-A-Straight](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/4/437ef2fd7eb08b982338e49e119615c37b4b6c9a.gif)

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**Author:** ![Jayanta\_Das](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/jayanta_das/32/8930_2.png) [@Jayanta\_Das](https://community.penpot.app/u/Jayanta_Das)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/how-to-do-make-straight-segment-to-curve/9881/6 "2025-09-23T17:45:51Z")

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Lot of steps.. thanks