Working with Shapes

In a Design Project, you can create new dimensioned shapes and lined shapes or open and position existing shapes on the pattern.

How to open, position and edit a shape

How to create a new lined shape

How to create a new dimensioned shape

The different layers:

Editing Layer

If a shape is positioned on the design, you are able to edit the shape as well as the design independently from each other.

Below the display of the drawing attributes, a dialog box appears where you select the layer to edit and where you can make different settings.

Hide or display the entire layer control.

Hide or display the editing options of the different layers.

Modifier couche de raffinement

In the Finishing layer, you can make needle-exact adjustments to the positioned shape without having to adjust the shape.

The changes are not transferred to the shape.

Gomme de raffinement

Attribut de dessin gomme pour effacer sur le calque de raffinement

Transparence de la forme en attente

Attribut de dessin Transparence pour supprimer le masque des données du calque de coupe.

Verrouiller couche de raffinement

Afficher ou masquer le calque de raffinement

Modifier le calque de la coupe de ligne (Y)

With Edit Lined Shape Layer enabled, you can modify shape elements via their context menus.

Afficher ou masquer le calque de la coupe de ligne

Modifier le calque du dessin

Verrouiller le calque de dessin

Afficher ou masquer le calque de dessin

With selecting the lined shape layer, a button appears that allows you to move the shape on the pattern.

The shape is moved by steps of ten with a pressed CTRL key.