Vector Scene Tree View¶

The Vector Scene Tree View is composed of 2 parts: a part with all the elements created at the top, and a part with the details and settings of the selected element.

Tree¶

Hierarchy¶

In this area, you will see the tree of all the objects (paths, shapes) and groups created in the Vector Layer as a scene.

The organisation of the tree is quite similar to a layer stack: the elements in the foreground are at the top, the elements in the background are at the bottom.

Make a right click on one or several elements to display this panel:

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Rename: rename 1 selected element.
Make Paint Group: make a group of objects to be painted with the Paint Bucket.
Group: make a group of objects, not to be painted.
Ungroup: ungroup the objects from the Group or Paint Group (Paint Bucket won’t apply any more to the objects).
Copy: copy selected elements.
Paste: paste selected elements (from a Layer to another, or from a Cell to another).
Copy Transformation: copy transformations values from 1 selected element (translation, rotation, position).
Paste Transformation: paste transformation values to 1 selected element.
Delete Selection: delete selected objects and groups.

Selection details¶

Under the tree, you can find the details of the selection, either as:

Objects (paths, shapes)
Paint Groups
or Groups

Objects¶

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Path¶

Joint Type: choose the type of joint for sharp vertices.

Example	Joint Type
	None
	Radial
	Linear
	Mitter

Mitter Limit:

Mitter is the default Joint Type. The lower value, the smaller tip.

Example	Limit value
	1
	100

Brush¶

Click on the rectanlge to select a brush among the array, then close then the panel to see the result:

Use the mode “None” to get back to the original “penbrush” look.

If you click on the triangle, you will be displayed more options:

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Color from Brush: use the original color from the Texture 2D.

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Bilinear Filtering: applies bilinear resampling method for a smoother result.
Extension mode: offers 3 different modes to choose the spacing of the brush applied on your stroke. “Path”” calculates the spacing based on the whole path (this is why the result changes while drawing) ; “Segment” calculates and applies a different spacing for each segment of the path ; “Adapt” applies regular adaptative spacing.

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Revert: revert the orientation of the Texture 2D.

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Note

At the moment, you cannot add your own brush / Texture 2D. This shall change in the near future.

Identity¶

Give a name to the object.

Transform¶

Use Translation X / Y, Scaling X / Y and Rotation to modify the position, size and rotation of the object. Using the Transform tool will affect the values here.

Appearance¶

Visible: hide the outline of the object. If a paint bucket was applied, the filling will remain visible.

Foreground Color Mode: choose here between solid color or a color from the Palette.

Mode selected	Interface	Instructions
Solid Color		Click on the rectangle to modify the color.
Palette		Choose the Palette to use in the dropdown menu, then choose what color from that Palette shall be used.

Background Color: not used.

Paint Groups¶

A Paint Group is a group of objects (paths and shapes) to be painted with the Paint Bucket. By default, a Vector Layer always contains a Paint Group named “Scene”.

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Paint Group Options¶

Painted: apply Paint Buckets when enabled.
Monochrome: when enabled, the boolean hides colors from the Paint Buckets and shows all outlines (unless the option Visible is off).
Monochrome Color: change the color of the monochrome filter.
Gap Tolerance: increase or decrease the tolerance of a gap betwheen 2 paths:

Example	Gap Tolerance
	0
	12
	50

Intersects Canvas: takes in consideration the border of the canvas to apply a Paint Bucket.

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Wireframe Color: change the color of the Wireframe Mode (to be activated directly on the Vector Layer).

Advanced¶

Realtime: enable this feature to see in realtime all changes brought to the Paint Group (this feature needs more ressources from your computer!)

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