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 series of simple quadratic curves.
This function uses adaptive approach. Number of quadratic curves is optimized to match the original 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.
