User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To constrain the faces of the cube to perfect squares, hold down the Shift key while drawing
the back face.
To give the cube a perspective effect by enlarging the front face:
Hold down the Alt key before you anchor the cube.
To edit cubes:
Do one or more of the following:
To change the height or width of a cube, click the cube to select it, and then drag a
corner handle.
To reshape a cube by moving a side, double-click the cube to place it in edit mode. A
black circular handle appears on each of the six faces of the cube.
When you point to a handle, the outline flashes on the corresponding side of the cube.
You can drag the handle to move that side. Click outside the cube to leave edit mode.
Drawing spirals
The Spiral tool draws a smooth, spiraling curve. You can set the number of spiral turns before or
after you draw a Spiral object.
To use the Spiral tool:
1.
Select the Spiral tool.
2. Drag diagonally to specify the size of the spiral curve.
To create a circular spiral:
Press Shift and drag.
To configure the Spiral tool:
1. Select the Spiral tool.
2. In the Properties bar, set the number of spirals and the spiral direction.
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