Grease Pencil object - Edit Mode - Stroke context menu
Call this menu with right click in the 3D viewport. The stroke menu appears in select mode stroke and segment
Edit Mode - Stroke Context Menu
Call this menu with right click in the 3D viewport. The stroke menu appears in select mode stroke and segment
Subdivide
Subdivides the selected grease pencil geometry.
Last Operator Subdivide
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Number of Cuts | Number of subdivision cuts. |
| Smooth | Smoothen the stroke, not just the new added vertices |
| Repeat | The number of times to repeat the procedure. |
| Selected Points | Limits the effect to only the selected points within the stroke. |
| Position | The operator affects the points location. |
| Thickness | The operator affect the points thickness. |
| Strength | The operator affect the points strength (alpha). |
| UV | The operator affect the UV rotation on the points. |
Subdivide and Smooth
Subdivides the selected grease pencil geometry.
Last Operator Subdivide and Smooth
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Number of Cuts | Number of subdivision cuts. |
| Selected Points | Limits the effect to only the selected points within the stroke. |
| Iterations | Number of iterations. |
| Factor | Smooth factor |
| Smooth Endpoints | Smooth endpoints too. |
| Keep Shape | Keep the overall shape. |
| Position | The operator affects the points location. |
| Radius | Smooth radius. |
| Opacity | Smooth Opacity. |
Set Stroke Type - Sub Menu
Defines how selected points are interpreted on the Grease Pencil.
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Stroke | Points are treated as part of a line stroke. |
| Fill | Points are treated as part of a filled region. |
| Both | Points contribute to both stroke and fill. |
Transform – Sub Menu
Provides geometric and visual transformations for selected Grease Pencil points or strokes.
Useful for reshaping, stylizing, and refining drawings with precise control
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| To Sphere | Moves selected points toward a spherical distribution. – Strength slider controls how tightly points conform to a sphere. – Useful for rounding shapes or creating circular strokes. |
| Shear | Skews selected points along a chosen axis. – Creates slanted or diagonal distortions. – Ideal for stylized perspective effects or dynamic motion exaggeration. |
| Bend | Bends selected points around a pivot. – Angle and pivot settings define curvature. – Useful for wrapping strokes into arcs or circular motifs. |
| Push/Pull | Moves selected points outward or inward relative to their median center. – Push expands the shape; Pull contracts it. – Useful for inflating or compressing stroke geometry. |
| Radius | Adjusts the thickness (point radius) of selected vertices. – Larger radius = thicker stroke segments. – Useful for line weight variation or emphasis. |
| Opacity | Changes the transparency of selected vertices. – Higher values = more opaque; lower values = more transparent. – Useful for shading, layering, or fade effects in drawings. |
Smooth
Smoothens out the selected geometry.
Last Operator Smooth Stroke
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Repeat | How often to repeat the procedure. |
| Factor | The amount of the smoothness to apply. |
| Selected points | When enabled, limits the effect to only the selected points within the stroke. |
| Position | When enabled, the operator affect the points location. |
| Thickness | When enabled, the operator affect the points thickness. |
| Strength | When enabled, the operator affect the points strength (alpha). |
| UV's | When enabled, the operator affect the UV rotation on the points. |
Move to Layer - Sub Menu
Move the current selected stroke to another grease pencil layer. It lists the current layers.
New Layer
New Layer button adds a new grease pencil layer.
Last Operator Move Strokes to Layer
Grease Pencil Layer
Internal the layers are enumerated. So here you move by number.
The number of a layer can be found out in the tool tip, in the Python part of it.
Assign Material - Sub Menu
Assign a new material to the current selected stroke geometry.
The materials can be found and edited in the Properties editor. Here you can also create new materials.
Last Operator Change Stroke Color
Material
The materials are defined by its name. So when you want to use another material, then change the name here.
Set as active material
Sets the current selected material as the active material.
Arrange Strokes - Sub Menu
Changes the drawing order of the strokes in the 2D layer.
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Bring Forward | Moves the selected points/strokes upper the next one in the drawing order. |
| Send Backward | Moves the selected points/strokes below the previous one in the drawing order. |
| Bring to Front | Moves to the top the selected points/strokes. |
Send to Back
Moves to the bottom the selected points/strokes.
Last Operator Arrange Stroke
Direction
Choose the method again.
Mirror - Sub Menu
Mirror mirrors the selected geometry along the defined axis.
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Interactive Mirror | Mirror by hotkeys. You activate the tool, type in x for x global for example, or x x for x local. And the selection gets mirrored. |
| X Global, Y Global etc. | Mirrors the selection around the chosen axis. |
Last Operator Mirror
The Last Operator Mirror panel gives you tools to adjust the mirror action.
Orientation
Orientation is a drop-down box. Choose the type of orientation for the mirroring action.
Constraint Axis
Constraint Axis gives you again the possibility to define the mirror axis. You can choose more than one axis here.
Snap – Sub Menu
Choose several methods to snap one element to another. The menu items should be self explaining.
Last Operator Snap
Some snap operations shows a last operation panel, some not.
Offset
If the selection should snap as a whole, or if each individual element of the selection should snap.
Duplicate
Duplicates the current selection.
When you duplicate a selection, then it sticks to the mouse until you left click. And moves around. A right click repositions the duplicated geometry at its original location.
Last Operator Duplicate Strokes
Mode
Not to find out. No tool tip, no entry in the Blender manual. Good Job Blender Developers.
Move X, Y, Z
Adjust the position.
Orientation
Orientation is a drop-down box. Choose the type of orientation for the mirroring action.
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Constraint Axis | Constraint Axis gives you again the possibility to define the mirror axis. You can choose more than one axis here. |
| Mirror Editing | Edit along a mirror axis. |
Proportional editing
Enables proportional editing. Activating proportional editing reveals further settings.
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Proportional Falloff | Adjust the falloff methods. |
| Proportional Size | See and adjust the falloff radius. |
| Connected | The proportional falloff gets calculated for connected parts only. |
| Projected(2D) | The proportional falloff gets calculated in the screen space. Depth doesn't play a role. When it's in the radius, then it gets calculated. |
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Copy | Copies the selection. |
| Paste | Pastes a copied selection to active layer. You can have more than one layer. |
Paste by Layer
Pastes a copied selection to same, original layer. You can have more than one layer.
Last operator Paste Strokes
Type
Choose between the paste methods again.
Outline
Adds an outline to the grease pencil.
Last Operator Outline
Projection Mode
The orientation to project the outline.
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Radius | Thickness of the outline |
| Offset Factor | Offset from original outline. |
| Corner Subdivisions | How much iterations to subdivide the corners. |
Split
Splits the selection.
Separate
Separates the selection into a new grease pencil object.
Last Operator Separate Strokes
Mode
Active Layer
Separate all the strokes at the current active layer.
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Selected Strokes | Separate the whole stroke of the current selection. |
| Selected Points | Separate the selected points with its edges. |