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Interface

Navigating

  • Pan (two finger swipe/right mouseclick + Shift - also Control + Shift + click and drag)
  • Zoom (pinch)
  • Rotate View (two finger swipe/right mouseclick - also Control + click and drag

Setup:

  • Turn on Point Snap (End, Midpoint, Center, Intersection, Perpendicular, Quadrant) & Grid Snap
  • Turn on Gumball
  • Turn on shading for the perspective window (shaded or ghosted)

First Steps in 2D

WhatHowVisual Aid
selection

all (right bottom to left top)
only elements fully enclosed (left top to right bottom)


create geometry

_line
_curve
_circle
_arc
_rectangle

ddit 2D

_move
_copy
_rotate
_scale
_dir (flip direction)
_array


_join
_eplode
_trim
_split
_group
_ungroup

_extend
_mirror

edit with gumball

Turn on control points

Turn on gumball

Turn on history

  • select control points or geometry and use handles to move, rotate or scale
  • extrude: drag move handle then hold Command
  • to select contour: Command + Shift + select contour


create 3D geometry

_box
_sphere
_cylinder

_sweep
_loft
_rail
_revolve
_extrude


boolean operations_
use a reference image_BackgroundBitmap