User Guide

Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects
To change the number of spirals in an object:
1. Select the Spiral object.
2. In the Properties bar, change the number of spirals and press Enter.
Drawing grids
The Gridmaker tool draws grids of rows and columns. Set the number of rows and columns before or
after you draw a grid object.
To use the Gridmaker tool:
1.
Select the Gridmaker tool.
2. Drag diagonally to define the grid’s bounding box.
To create a square grid:
Press Shift and drag.
To configure the Gridmaker tool:
1. Select the Gridmaker tool.
2. In the Properties bar, set the number of boxes comprising the grid as well as the cell size.
If you set Boxes Across to 1, the grid has no vertical lines. If you set Boxes Down to 1, the
grid has no horizontal lines.
To modify grid object:
1. Select the Grid object.
2. In the Properties bar, change the number of boxes or cell size and press Enter.
To separate a grid into lines:
Adjust the individual lines that comprise a grid by converting it to a path and then ungrouping it.
1. Select the Grid object.
2. Choose Path | Convert to Paths.
3. Choose Object | Ungroup. The grid object separates into individual lines.
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