Guide Lines

Guide lines are horizontal, vertical, or slanted lines that can be placed anywhere in the Work Area.

They are invisible markers used as visual tools to help users accurately align, place, and size elements in their design. They serve as temporary reference lines or rulers.

To create a new guide line, position the cursor on either the horizontal (1) or vertical (2) ruler, press and hold the primary mouse button, and drag the cursor to the work area.

New guide lines are created by dragging them from the rulers of the Work Area.

Snapping to Guide Lines

The Snap nodes to guidelines option is accessible via main menu (node editing mode) > Edit > Nodes > Snap.

The Snap objects to guidelines option is accessible via main menu (select / transform mode) > Options > Snap Objects.

Splitting of Objects with Guide Lines

Guide lines can be used for splitting objects. Place the guide line on the object. Select the object and then select the guide line. Click the secondary mouse button on the guide line to access the pop-up menu. Choose the Slice Selected Objects command.

If you need to slice an object with a curved shape, please read the Split Objects with Mask chapter.

Locking or Erasing of the Guide Lines

Use main menu > Options > Guide Lines to lock or erase the guide lines, or to switch on/off the snapping of objects to the guide lines.