Pen Tool

Settings

The following settings can be adjusted from the context toolbar:

• Edit Mode—enable to allow node editing without leaving the Pen Tool. This gives the same editing behaviour as when the Node Tool is active.
• Mode—switches between Pen, Smart, Polygon and Line mode (see above).
• Width—controls the width of the pen lines.
• Colour—tap to choose the stroke colour.
• Use Fill—when toggled, fills the shape created by the pen lines with the active colour (set on the Colour Studio).
• To Mask—when toggled, transforms the shape created by the pen lines into a mask.
• To Selection—when toggled, transforms the shape created by the pen lines into a selection.
• Break opens the shape at the selected node.
• Close joins the start and end nodes to create an enclosed shape.
• Smooth modifies a line or shape, by adding and removing nodes, to make it more aesthetic.
• Join connects two separate curves together to make one curve. Curves need to be both selected from the Layers Studio as you draw.
• Reverse lets you draw from the opposite end of the curve. The start node becomes active, ready for further drawing.
• Snap To Nodes—will snap any node you drag to any other node on the same or a different curve.
• Snap To Geometry—will snap dragged nodes to the same or different curve's path or node.
• Snap All selected Nodes—will snap multiple selected nodes, when dragging, to a "target" node on any selected curves.
• Snap Handles—will snap a control handle using any of the snapping criteria currently set in Global snapping, e.g. to grid, guide, object geometry, key points, spread, margin, etc.
• Construction Snapping—allows control handle snapping:
  • inline with adjacent node.
  • to 90° from inline.
  • to reflected angle with adjacent control handle.
  • parallel to adjacent control handle.
  • 90° to parallel control handle.
  • to logical triangle.

These options are independent of the global snapping options.