The tools and features shown in this tutorial are available in all Carveco products
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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