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Set up for sketching
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The Paint window
Set up Alias for sketching
Choose Preferences > Workflows > Paint
, or select Paint mode
when launching Alias.
This automatically sets
up the Alias interface so non-sketching features are hidden
and sketching features are more accessible.
To set up Alias for
sketching
Choose Preferences > Workflows > Paint
, or select Paint mode
when launching Alias, to automatically:
- show only sketching-related menus, tools
and shelves
- show the Paint Panel
- turn off all view grids
See Show, hide, or change the grid for
more information.
- create new canvases with a transparent
background in a special paint window.
See The Paint window and Set the background color for
more information.
- turn on sketching-specific marking menus.
- CVs, hulls and edit points are turned
off by default.
To hide editor windows
during brush strokes
- Choose Preferences > General Preferences
❒ to open the General Preferences options.
- Click Paint in
the left panel, then set Hide Windows During
Stroke as follows:
- 0—Windows
are not hidden during brush strokes.
- ANY OTHER VALUE—Windows
are hidden during brush strokes. The value of this option is the
number of seconds windows remain hidden after you complete a brush stroke.
For example, if this option is set to 2, windows are hidden during
a brush stroke and re-appear 2 seconds after you complete the stroke.
- Click Go.
To set the main linear
unit
- Choose Preferences > Construction Options
to open the Construction
Options window.
- Click Units and
then Linear to show the current
linear units.
- Set Main Units.