Path edit modePreliminary note: the path edit mode is a convenient and full-featured way to edit a path object. Individual path points can however be shifted and erased without entering the path edit mode for minimalistic path modifications (when selecting individual path points, make sure no other object than the path is selected). The path edit mode can be accessed with a click on the appropriate toolbar button: [Path edit mode toolbar button] The above toolbar button is only active if a path is selected. In path edit mode, the portion of the window that normally displays the scene hierarchy is used to display the path control points as a list. Items in the list can be selected with the mouse as for objects in the hierarchy window. [Path edit mode] Individual control points can now be selected as was possible with regular objects. The last selected control point appears in white color, other selected control points in yellow, and non-selected control points in blue. In a similar way, control points can be directly translated with the mouse, using the toolbar's object/item translation toolbar button to translate the selected control point in a perpendicular plane to the view direction: [Object/item translation toolbar button] In the path edit mode, a path edit mode dialog displays: [Control point properties dialog] For precise positionning of control points, use the coordinates and transformation dialog. If you want to edit a control point's orientation, make sure the path's automatic orientation option is disabled (that option is enabled by default). Copy/paste/delete/cut operations are supported with the regular key combination (i.e. ctrl-c, ctrl-v, delete and ctrl-x). Make sure the main view has the focus for key presses to have an effect. The paste operation will paste the copied control point(s) at the beginning of the control point list if no control point is selected, otherwise it (they) will be pasted after the selected control point (make sure no more than one control point is selected at this stage). The same copy/paste/delete/cut functionalities can also be accessed through the popup-menu or through [Main menu --> Edit]. Additional operations include: Recommended topics |