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Overview

Display or Hide the Rulers

Reposition the Rulers

Set the Rulers 0,0 Origin

Working with Rulers

Rulers

Rulers Set to Upper Left Position

Overview
The Rulers are provided to accurately draw out, size, and align objects. You can also move the Rulers to any position in the Drawing area, reset their 0,0 origin point and hide them away from view. The Rulers are intuitive as they automatically rescale as you zoom in and out and also update with the current measurement units.

Working with Rulers

To

Do the following

Shortcut Keys
Display or Hide the Rulers 1.

Click on the Display Rulers toggle (as shown above in the Application flyout) and the Rulers will either Hide or Display.

Ctrl+Shift+R
Helpful tip You can also Display or Hide Rulers from the View → Rulers menu.
Reposition the Rulers
Gripper for Vertical Ruler Gripper for Horizontal Ruler
1.

Click on the Gripper (as shown directly above at the end of each ruler) and Hold Down the mouse button and Drag the Vertical Ruler Left or Right - or - the Horizontal Ruler Up or Down to reposition either as required.

Helpful tip Click on the SignMaster Cut Application flyout (at the top) to see where the Grippers are located.
Set the Rulers 0,0 Origin
Reposition Origin Tool Drag to Reposition
1.

Click on the Reset Origin Tool (as shown directly above at the start of each ruler) and Hold Down the mouse button and Drag out the Crosshair (also shown directly above) to the Position you wish to set the Rulers 0,0 Point of Origin.

Helpful tip Click on the SignMaster Cut Application flyout (at the top) to see where the Origin is located.

To know the Cursor's position you will see a line drawn on the ruler at the same position.


Related Topics

Working with Dimensions
Working with Guides
Working with a Grid
Display Modes


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