Windows > Editors > Construction Plane Editor

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.

NoteSketching 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:

Click the Pick icon (to the left of the canvas name). To pick more than one canvas, hold down the key.
Choose Pick > Object and click the canvas.

To transform canvases

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

To delete canvases

Pick one or more canvas(es)
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 .

DisplayTgl 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

NoteThis 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 .