Stroke Menu¶

This page covers many of the tools in the Strokes menu. These are tools that work primarily on strokes, however, some also work with point selections.

Subdivide¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Subdivide

Subdivides the strokes by inserting points between the selected points.

Number of Cuts: The number of subdivisions to perform.
Smooth: The amount of the smoothness on subdivided points.
Repeat: Number of times to repeat the procedure.
Selected points: When enabled, limits the effect to only the selected points within the stroke.
Position: When enabled, the operator affect the points location.
Thickness: When enabled, the operator affect the points thickness.
Strength: When enabled, the operator affect the points strength (alpha).
UVs: When enabled, the operator affect the UV rotation on the points.

Simplify¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Simplify

Reduce the amount of points in the strokes.

Fixed

Deletes alternated points in the strokes, except the start and end points.

Steps: The number of times to repeat the procedure.

Adaptive

Uses the RDP algorithm (Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm) for points deletion. The algorithm tries to obtain a similar line shape with fewer points.

Factor: Controls the amount of recursively simplifications applied by the algorithm.

Sample

Recreates the stroke geometry with a predefined length between points.

Length: The distance between points on the recreated stroke. Smaller values will require more points to recreate the stroke, while larger values will result in fewer points needed to recreate the curve.

Trim¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Trim

Trims selected stroke to first loop or intersection.

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Original stroke.¶

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Result of trim operation.¶

Join¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Join ‣ Join, Join and Copy
Hotkey: Ctrl-J, Shift-Ctrl-J

Join two or more strokes into a single one.

Type

Join Ctrl-J: Join selected strokes by connecting points.
Join and Copy Shift-Ctrl-J: Join selected strokes by connecting points in a new stroke.

Leave Gaps

When enabled, do not use geometry to connect the strokes.

Move to Layer¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Move to Layer
Hotkey: M

A pop-up menu to move the stroke to a different layer. You can choose the layer to move the selected strokes to from a list of layers of the current Grease Pencil object. You can also add a new layer to move the selected stroke to.

Assign Material¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Assign Material

Changes the material linked to the selected stroke. You can choose the name of the material to be used by the selected stroke from a list of materials of the current Grease Pencil object.

Set as Active Material¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Set as Active Material

Sets the active object material based on the selected stroke material.

Arrange Strokes¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Arrange Strokes

Change the drawing order of the strokes in the 2D layer.

Bring to Front: Moves to the top the selected points/strokes.
Bring Forward: Moves the selected points/strokes upper the next one in the drawing order.
Send Backward: Moves the selected points/strokes below the previous one in the drawing order.
Send to Back: Moves to the bottom the selected points/strokes.

Close¶

Reference

Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Close
Hotkey: F

Close or open strokes by connecting the last and first point.

Type

Close all: Close all open selected strokes.
Open all: Open all closed selected strokes.
Toggle: Close or Open selected strokes as required.

Create geometry

When enabled, points are added for closing the strokes. If disabled, the operator act the same as Toggle Cyclic.

Toggle Cyclic¶

Reference

Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Toggle Cyclic

Toggles between an open stroke and closed stroke (cyclic).

Type

Close all: Close all open selected strokes.
Open all: Open all closed selected strokes.
Toggle: Close or Open selected strokes as required.
Create geometry: When enabled, points are added for closing the strokes like when using the Close tool. If disabled, the stroke is close without any actual geometry.

Toggle Caps¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Toggle Caps

Toggle ending cap styles of the stroke.

Default: Sets stroke start and end points to rounded (default).
Both: Toggle stroke start and end points caps to flat or rounded.
Start: Toggle stroke start point cap to flat or rounded.
End: Toggle stroke end point cap to flat or rounded.

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Stroke ending with rounded caps.¶

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Stroke ending with flat caps.¶

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Stroke ending with combined caps.¶

Switch Direction¶

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Mode: Edit Mode
Menu: Stroke ‣ Switch Direction

Reverse the direction of the points in the selected strokes (i.e. the start point will become the end one, and vice versa).