Windows > Editors > Construction Plane Editor
 
 
 

Opens the Construction Plane Editor window and allows you to manage canvases and construction planes.

To make a canvas active

Click a canvas in the editor to make it active. It becomes highlighted in yellow. Only one canvas can be active at once. This is the canvas on which new layers are created.

Note

Sketching on a canvas will also make that canvas active.

Only the layers of the active canvas are displayed in the Canvas Layer Editor. (See Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer Editor).

To pick canvases

Do one of the following:

To transform canvases

  1. Pick one or more canvas(es)
  2. Choose Move, Rotate, Scale or Non-p scale from the Transform tab of the Palette.

To delete canvases

  1. Pick one or more canvas(es)
  2. Choose Delete > Delete Active or press the key.

Construction Plane editor icons

Icon Meaning
Plane visibility  
 
Visible
 
Invisible
Active canvas for paint  
 
This canvas is active
 
Painting is locked to this canvas
Plane type  
 
Construction plane is unset. Click to set construction plane
 
Construction plane is set. Click to unset construction plane
Other icons  
 
Layer opacity
 
Look at plane: changes display of current perspective window to show plane normal to view.
 
Pick this plane. Icon turns red when the plane is picked.

The following icons are used in the editor:

Construction Plane editor menus

Display menu

Items in the Display menu affect the display of planes in all modeling windows. To change the display of planes on a per-window basis, see WindowDisplay > Toggles > Canvas Planes.

All planes

Show all planes (Construction, Canvas, and Overlay).

Only current canvas plane

Show only the canvas plane or overlay canvas plane that is selected in the Construction Plane Editor. Hide all other planes (including construction and overlay planes).

Only construction planes

Shows only construction planes.

Only canvas planes

Shows only canvas planes.

Only overlay canvas planes

Shows only overlay canvas planes.

For more information on overlay canvas planes see Canvas > New Overlay Canvas.

ObjectDisplay menu

Canvas plane

Toggle the visibility of all canvas planes except the currently active one.

All plane borders

Toggle the visibility of the borders on all planes.

Canvas menu

Canvas Layer Editor

Opens (or close) the Canvas Layer Editor window. This window lets you control the arrangement of image (paint) layers and mask layers.

See Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer Editor.

Canvas General Info

Opens (or close) the Canvas General Information window. This window displays context-sensitive information about the properties of the canvas layers. See below for details.

Canvas General Information window

Note

This window is also available through the icon in the Canvas Layer Editor.

Canvas name

The name of the currently active canvas plane.

Pixels

The width and height of the canvas plane measured in pixels.

mm (cm, inches, etc)

The width and height of the canvas plane measured in the current linear units.

Marquee Display Opacity

The opacity of the Marquee Color that marquees (selection regions) are shown in.

Marquee Color

The color that marquees (selection regions) are shown in.

Mask Display Opacity

The opacity of the Mask Color that masked regions on mask layers are shown in.

Mask Color

The color that masked regions on mask layers are shown in.

Warp Feedback Opacity

The opacity of the non-warped area when you turn on Feedback in the Shape Warp Options in the Paint Panel.

Warp Feedback Color

The color of the non-warped area when you turn on Feedback in the Shape Warp Options in the Paint Panel.

See Paint Edit > Make Warp Shape.