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Tool Shelf

Tools with a triangle down right are a group of tools. Click and hold to reveal the content. Then choose the tool that you need.

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Tool Shelf

Tool Shelf

Select Tools Group

Select Tools Group

Tools with a triangle down right are a group of tools. Click and hold to reveal the content. Then choose the tool that you need.

Tweak

Allows you to select or tweak single elements by clicking at it.

Select Box

Select Box

Draws a box to select several elements at once. Click at the start point, then drag.

Tool Settings
Tool Settings
Mode

The available selection modes. The mode titles are pretty self explaining. So i won't go into detail here.

EntryWhat it does
Set a new selection—
Extend existing selection—
Subtract existing selection—

Select Circle

Select Circle

Draws a box to select several elements at once. Click at the start point, then drag.

Tool Settings
Tool Settings
EntryWhat it does
ModeThe available selection modes. The mode titles are pretty self explaining. So i won't go into detail here. · Set a new selection · Extend existing selection · Subtract existing selection
RadiusThe brush radius.

Select Lasso

Select Lasso

Draws a box to select several elements at once. Click at the start point, then drag.

Tool Settings
Tool Settings
Mode

The available selection modes. The mode titles are pretty self explaining. So i won't go into detail here.

EntryWhat it does
Set a new selection—
Extend existing selection—
Subtract existing selection—

Annotate Tools group

Annotate Tools group
Annotate Tools group

The annotation tool is available in multiple editors. With this tool you can write notes at the screen. The annotate tools is the little brother of the grease pencil objects.

Further settings for annotate can be found in the sidebar. Here you can also remove an annotation when you don't longer need it. And here you can also adjust the size of the stroke.

Annotate Tools group

Annotate

Draw free-hand strokes in the main window.

Tool Settings
Tool Settings

The tool settings for Annotate.

Color
Color

Clicking at the left color field reveals a color picker. Define the color for the annotation stroke.

Stabilize Stroke
Stabilize Stroke

Helper to draw smooth and clean lines. Pressing shift inverts the effect.

EntryWhat it does
RadiusThe radius for the stroke stabilization.
FactorStabilizer stroke factor. Higher values gives a smoother stroke.

Annotate Line

Click and drag to create a line.

Tool Settings
Tool Settings

The tool settings for the Annotate tool.

Color
Color

Clicking at the left color field reveals a color picker. Define the color for the annotation stroke.

Style Start
Style Start

The stroke start style. With an arrow for example you place an arrow at the start of the stroke.

End
End

The stroke end style. With an arrow for example you place an arrow at the end of the stroke.

Annotate Polygon

Click multiple times to create multiple connected lines. The current polygon is finished when Esc or RMB is pressed.

Tool Settings
Tool Settings

The tool settings for Annotate.

Color
Color

Clicking at the left color field reveals a color picker where you can define the color for the annotation stroke.

Annotate Eraser

Annotate Eraser

Click and drag to remove annotate lines.

Tool Settings
Tool Settings
Radius

The radius of the eraser pencil.

Links Cut

This tools allows you to cut connections.

Tool Settings

Tool Settings

Drag

Drag

Define what kind of transform should happen when you click not at the widget but besides, and drag the mouse.

This tools allows you to mute connections.

Tool Settings

Tool Settings

Drag

Drag

Define what kind of transform should happen when you click not at the widget but besides, and drag the mouse.

Add Reroute

This tools allows you to add a reroute point by drawing over a connection line

Tool Settings

Tool Settings

Drag

Drag

Define what kind of transform should happen when you click not at the widget but besides, and drag the mouse.