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Drawing tools

Drawing tools

Toolbox

A complete vector toolbox, not just shape buttons.

The Toolbox mirrors the classic two-column vector editor pattern. Every tool is exposed in the UI, most have single-key shortcuts, and many include specialized behavior for production drawing.

Tools palette

The core toolbox includes Selection, Direct Selection, Pen, Free Hand, Spray, Eraser, Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star, Text, Text Pencil, Eyedropper, Scissors, Measure, Gradient, Rotate, Scale, Reflect, Shear, Hand and Zoom.

Toolbox palette

Selection and Direct Selection

Use Selection for whole objects, groups and transforms. Use Direct Selection for anchor-level editing, handle adjustment and node-level geometry control.

  • V switches to Selection.
  • A switches to Direct Selection.

Pen and anchor tools

The Pen creates precise Bezier paths. Add Anchor, Delete Anchor and Convert Anchor tools refine a path after it is drawn, making it possible to build clean logos and icons point by point.

  • P switches to Pen.
  • Convert Anchor changes smooth points into corners or reshapes handles.

Pencil / Free Hand

Free Hand drawing turns loose sketches into vector paths. It is best for organic marks, rough lettering, quick shapes and hand-drawn texture that can still be edited afterwards.

Spray

The Spray tool scatters vector marks into an undoable group. Its options palette controls behavior such as density, direction, falloff and randomization seed.

Eraser

The Eraser subtracts real geometry from vector shapes. It removes path areas rather than hiding them with a mask, so the result remains editable vector artwork.

Shape tools

Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon and Star tools create editable primitives. They support the usual proportional and centered drawing workflows expected in a vector editor.

Text and Text Pencil

The Text tool creates point text, area type and type on a path. Text Pencil draws with a phrase along a freehand path for expressive typographic strokes.

Scissors, Measure and Eyedropper

Scissors cut paths at specific points, Measure checks distances, and Eyedropper samples styling from existing artwork for fast visual consistency.

Gradient tool

Edit gradient direction and handles directly on the artwork. If the selected element has no gradient, dragging can create a default gradient axis for it.

Transform tools

Rotate, Scale, Reflect and Shear provide direct manipulation and numeric transform workflows for exact geometric changes.

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