The tools and features shown in this tutorial are available in all Carveco products
Node Editing
Node editing allows for deeper control over your created or imported vector artwork. The node editing tool allows you to perform operations on any node that makes up a vector line, curve or shape.
Useful Shortcuts
-
Press
N
to enter Node Editing -
Right-Click
- a node to bring up the Node context menu -
Hold
CTRL
- to select multiple nodes. -
Press
A
- Convert span (linear or Bézier) to arc. -
Press
B
- Convert span (linear or arc) to Bézier. -
Press
L
- Convert span (Bézier or arc) to line. -
Press
C
- Cut a span. -
Press
R
- Remove a span -
Press
I
- Insert a Node -
Press
P
- Insert a start Node or change selected node to start node -
Press
S
- Toggle smoothing on Node -
Press
D
- Delete node -
Press
X
- To align selected nodes in X axis. -
Press
Y
- To align selected nodes in Y axis. -
Use
Arrow Keys
- Nude selected nodes in the desired direction