Main Menu

The Main Menu Panel contains a combination of controls such as menu items, buttons, and combo boxes. It is context-sensitive, which means that its content changes according to the actual working mode.

The most important working modes are: #1 Selection/Transform, #2 Node Editing, and #3 Lettering. The items of the main menu in these modes are described in detail in their respective chapters, including this one.

In other working modes, this panel contains only a few controls like the Cancel button, the Apply button, etc., and its usage is intuitive.

Mode #2 - Node Editing

This mode is activated when you start vectorization or editing.

The Menu panel in Node Editing mode contains the following menu items and buttons:

Menu Items

• Edit - Undo / Redo, turn ON/OFF the Insert Elements mode, Stop editing mode.
• Shape - Commands to insert generic shapes like stars, rectangles, ellipses, etc.
• Nodes - Commands to add or delete nodes, and to select, align, or snap individual nodes.
• Edge - Commands to swap, reduce, close, reverse, delete, or mirror a whole edge.

Buttons

Insert a node into the highlighted element on the edge.

Delete the highlighted node.

Change the transition between Bézier curves in selected nodes to a cusp.

Change the transition between Bézier curves in selected nodes to smooth.

Change the transition between Bézier curves in selected nodes to symmetrical.

Change selected edge elements to a cubic Bézier curve.

Change selected edge elements to a simple quadratic curve.

Change selected edge elements to a line.

Close the edge.

Snap the focused node to the closest node.

Swap the edges of a Column or Appliqué object.

Switch ON or OFF the Insert Elements mode.