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Design studio
Shapes, text, paths, layers, snapping, combining shapes and versions.
- Understanding the design workspaceA tour of the studio — the left rail, the canvas, the properties panel, the top bar and the status bar — and what each part is for.
- Adding shapes and textDraw rectangles, circles, polygons, lines, holes, slots and text, and set their exact size and layer.
- Editing paths and curvesDraw Bézier curves with the pen, edit nodes and handles, close open paths and simplify traced outlines.
- Resizing and rotating elementsChange size and angle precisely with the properties panel or the canvas handles, nudge with the arrow keys, and mirror objects.
- Working with layersLayers tell the machine what to do with each line — cut through, cut a hole, score, engrave or ignore. Learn how to use them correctly.
- Using alignment and snappingLine objects up exactly with the align and distribute buttons, snap to the grid or to other objects, and turn snapping off when you need free placement.
- Using Boolean operationsCombine shapes with Union, Difference, Intersection and Exclude to build outlines that would be hard to draw directly.
- Understanding real-world dimensionsEverything in the studio is measured in real millimetres. Learn what the numbers mean on the finished piece and how to switch to inches.
- Undo, redo and project versionsStep back through recent edits, save named checkpoints and restore any earlier revision of a design without losing what you have now.
- Saving and duplicating projectsHow guest designs are kept, how to save them to your account, and how to rename, duplicate or delete designs from My designs.
- Keyboard shortcuts in the studioEvery keyboard shortcut in the design studio, for tools, selection, editing, arranging and zooming.
- Choosing a text mode for signsRaised, engraved or stencil lettering — what each produces, when to use it, and why some text is refused.