Square

Working with Power Shapes

On This Page

•	Overview
•	Proportional Corners
•	Elastic (Rubber) Mode
•	Create a Square
•	Edit a Square (Visually)
•	Edit a Square (Numerically)
•	Wireframe
•	Add a Pen Style
•	Set Transformations (size, position, rotation etc.)

Square

Power Shapes Flyout

Power Shapes

Overview
Power shapes come with special nodes to edit the look and size of the shape. These nodes can be adjusted with the mouse, the shape's dedicated tools (available in the 2nd row of tools in SignMaster Cut) and from the Property Inspector.

Proportional Corners
When a shape that has corners is resized larger the corners can either remain the same radius or grow larger with the shape e.g. if an arrow has 1" corners and is resized twice as large with Proportional Resizing switched to On - then the corner radius will grow to 2", but if switched Off then the corners will remain at 1".

The same holds true for making shapes smaller but only to the point it remains physically possible i.e. when the size of the shape becomes too small and the corners cannot remain at their original size they will automatically be resized smaller to match the shape by SignMaster Cut.

Elastic (Rubber) Mode
Shapes can be resized using two different methods in SignMaster Cut. By default shapes are resized proportionally which means that parts of the shape such as the corner radius remain as they have been originally set by the user. The other resizing method: Elastic or Rubber mode allows you to resize the shape as if it were on a sheet of perfectly stretchable rubber. This allows you to stretch the shape into any shape you require.

Working with Squares

To	Do the following
Create a Square	1.	Click on the Power Shapes flyout
	2.	Click on the Square tool (as shown above)



	3.	Click anywhere in the drawing area, hold down the mouse button and drag out a Square shape;

		Note: Square Shown in Wireframe Fill

	4.	When satisfied with the Square shape let go of the mouse button.



Edit a Square (Visually)	1.	Click on the Node edit tool
	2.	Click on the Square you wish to edit;
	3.	Click on: • The Inner Border node to adjust the Border Thickness. • The Corner Radius node to adjust the outer Corner Radius, Miter or Negative Radius.



Edit a Square (Numerically)

	1.	Click on either the Pick tool or the Node edit tool
	2.	Click on the Square you wish to edit;
	3.	Click this button: to reveal the Square tools (if not already visible);
	4.	Click on the required Up or Down arrow to adjust the Square's attributes as required (see above) or type in a numeric value.

Wireframe	1.	Click on either the Pick tool or the Node edit tool
	2.	Click on the Square you wish to edit;
	3.	Click this button: to reveal the Square tools (if not already visible);
	•	Click on the Wireframe tool to place the Square in wireframe view;
		This setting only affects the Square and no other object.

Add a Pen Style
	1.	Click on either the Pick tool or the Node edit tool
	2.	Click on the Square you wish to edit;
	3.	Click this button: to reveal the Square tools (if not already visible);
	4.	Click on Pen Style and select the required style (type of pen);
	5.	Click on the required Up or Down arrow to adjust the Pen Style's Thickness as required, or type in a numeric value.
		You can also adjust these settings from the Property Inspector.

Set Transformations	•	See Working with Objects.

Shapes can also be converted curves (Ctrl+Q) to be edited as a curve.