Guides and Grids

The document window features guides and grid that help you position and size images and image elements.

Guides

Guides are non printing lines that appear over the image in the document window. They are very helpful in aligning image elements. You can place guides at any position in the document window and easily reposition and remove them. Guides can also be locked so that they can't be dragged.

To display or hide guides

Choose Main Window menu -> View -> Show Guides or Hide Guides

To create a guide

Show the guides
Choose Main Window menu -> View -> New Guide
Specify in the New Guide dialog box the Orientation and Position for the new guide

The document tab shows a horizontal and vertical guide.

To reposition a guide

In the Tools palette, click the Move tool
Drag the guide to any point in the document

To remove all guides

Choose Main Window menu -> View -> Clear Guides

The Grid

Artweaver provides a grid to help you in laying down brush strokes or creating shapes. You can set the size and color of the grid.

Preferences Guides & grid.

To display or hide the grid

Choose Main Window menu -> View -> Show Grid or Hide Grid

To set grid options

Choose Main Window menu -> Edit -> Preferences
Choose in the Preferences dialog box Guides & grid
Click the Grid color field to set the color of the grid lines
Enter a value for the Grid size

The Perspective Grid

A perspective grid helps you to create three-dimensional images. Perspective grid is a non printing array of lines that converge at a single vanishing point. You can set the type, line color, and spacing of the perspective grid. You can also modify the location of the vertical plane and horizon line by using the Perspective Grid tool. Any perspective grid that you create or modify can also be opened for use in another drawing.

Use perspective grid lines to help you create 3D images.

To display or hide the default perspective grid

With an image open, click the following form the Main Window menu: View -> Show Perspective Grid or Hide Perspective Grid

To create a new perspective grid

In the Tools palette, click the Perspective Grid tool
On the property bar, enable the check boxes corresponding the grids you want to see
Choose a color for the horizontal and vertical grid lines in the Horizontal Grid Color box and Vertical Grid Color box
Enter a value in the Spacing box
On the property bar, click the Save Grid button
In the Save Grid dialog box, enter a name in the Name box

To open a perspective grid

In the Tools palette, click the Perspective Grid tool
On the property bar, choose a grid from the Presets box

To remove a grid preset

In the Tools palette, click the Perspective Grid tool
On the property bar, choose a grid from the Presets box
Click on the Delete Grid button

To adjust the perspective grid lines

Choose Main Window menu -> View -> Show Perspective Grid
In the Tools palette, click the Perspective Grid tool
To move the horizontal plane grid, hold the cursor over the nearest edge of the horizontal grid. The cursor becomes a double-pointed arrow
Drag to move the horizontal plane grid up or down
To move the vertical plane grid, hold the cursor over the nearest edge of the vertical grid. The cursor becomes a double-pointed arrow
Drag to move the vertical plane grid left or right