Arrange Menu

The following items are located under the Arrange menu.

Order: Select an object or layer and click one of the following options to re-order:

  • To Front
  • To Back
  • Forward
  • Backward
  • To Position
  • Reverse
  • To Front on New Layer
  • To Back on New Layer

Make Path: Combine a selection of objects into a single path by connecting the nodes (the object path).

Break Path: Disconnect the path between objects.

Connect Path: Connect the path between objects.

Reduce Nodes: Eliminate excessive nodes after tracing or scanning an object.
Note: This function only works on polyarc objects.

Text to Graphics: Convert a text object into a path.

Lock Object: Locks the object from editing.

Unlock Object: Unlocks the object for editing.

Simplify: Simplifies the object by incorporating operation history into the shape (and thus history no longer displays in InstantReplay and is no longer editable - useful for aggregating prior to applying new operations), and breaks the association between the object and the tool path, allowing node editing without changing the tool path contour.

Convert To:

  • Polygon: Substitute the object path with nodes used in polygon editing.
  • Polyarc: Substitute the object path with nodes used in polyarc editing.
  • Bézier: Substitute the object path with nodes used in Bézier editing.

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Replace with: Using the width and height of the selected object, create the following:

  • Square
  • Rectangle
  • Circle
  • Ellipse

Convert to Curves: Substitute the object path with equivalent Bézier curves to improve scaling.

Close Graphics: Join the first and last nodes of a contiguous path.

Clipping:

  • Clipping: When objects are selected, applies a clip path in the overlapping space.
  • Clipping Clear
  • Edit Clip Path
  • Move Clip Path
  • Size Clip Path
  • Tile Clip (See Tile Clip for additional information)

For more information, see Clipping Objects.

Stretch: Select vertical or horizontal and enter a stretch percentage.

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Block Nesting: Opens nesting options (see Nesting Objects).

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Nesting: Opens nesting options (see Nesting Objects).

Name Object: Enter a custom name for an object.

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