How to continue the drawing with the pen tool

Hello

Let's say that I start to draw an image with the pen tool. Something happens 1/2 through the work of track and I need to stop the trace. How I later come back and start the trace of my last point and continue to the end. Now, all I get is new anchor points and lines that do not join the original track. Thank you

To resume adding segments to a pre-existing open path with the pen tool:

  1. Hover over the endpoint of the path. A slash mark appears next to the cursor.
  2. Click on the endpoint.
  3. Continue to add the anchorPoints.

It is not necessary first to select the path (but it should be).

JET.

Tags: Illustrator

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