: How to turn a path with straight lines into a curved path automatically in Illustrator? I know how to do this manually, but I need an automatic way (either a script or just a command in

@Michele215

After you have done Effect > Stylize > Round Corners. Then go Object > Expand appearance to create a curved line that is editable with handles.

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@Angela777

Select the path that you want to convert and with the direct selection tool and the shift key pressed, exclude one point. Some new buttons appear under the menu, one of them is to convert selected anchor points from corner to smooth.

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@Candy945

Effect > Stylize > Round Corners.

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@LarsenBagley460

There's also the Smooth tool if you prefer a more hands-on approach. Rub it over a selected path, and it smooths it where you rub. If it doesn't smooth enough, keep rubbing.

From this tutorial:





Double-click the tool icon to set how closely the smoothed line sticks to the original (fidelity) and how strong the smoothing is each time (smoothness).



A nice additional feature of the smooth tool is, it only applies to paths and points that are selected. So, if there are parts of a path you want to stay exactly how they are, and parts you want smoothed, you can select just the points you want to be smoothed then use the smooth tool.

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@Nimeshi706

You can try Object > Path > Simplify and adjust the Curve Precision and Angle Threshold settings to perhaps get a curve.

There's no straightforward method, which I'm aware of, other than this.

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