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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)

  • Tip: Enter or Space to enter commands


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

_BooleanUnion
_BooleanDifference
_BooleanIntersection

use a reference image_BackgroundBitmap