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.

Selected Points

When enabled, limits the effect to only the selected points within the stroke.

Subdivide and Smooth

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Subdivide and Smooth

Subdivides and smooths the strokes by inserting points between the selected points.

Number of Cuts

The number of subdivisions to perform.

Selected Points

When enabled, limits the effect to only the selected points within the stroke.

Iterations

Number of times to repeat the procedure.

Factor

The amount of the smoothness on subdivided points.

Smooth Endpoints

Smooths the stroke’s endpoints.

Keep Shape

Preserves the strokes shape.

Position

When enabled, the operator affect the points location.

Radius

When enabled, the operator affect the points thickness.

Opacity

When enabled, the operator affect the points strength (alpha).

Simplify

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Simplify

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.

Trim

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Trim

Trims selected stroke to first loop or intersection.

Original stroke.

Result of trim operation.

Join

Join

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Join ‣ Join,

Join two or more strokes into a single one.

Type

Join:

Ctrl-J Join selected strokes by connecting points.

Join and Copy:

Join selected strokes by connecting points in a new stroke.

Leave Gaps

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

Join and Copy

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Join ‣ Join and Copy

Shortcut:

Shift-Ctrl-J

Same as Join but Type defaults to Join and Copy.

Move to Layer

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Move to Layer

Shortcut:

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. When creating a new layer, there is another pop-up to type in the name of the new layer.

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

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Arrange

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

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Close

Shortcut:

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.

Toggle Cyclic

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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.

Set Caps

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Set Caps

Toggle ending cap styles of the stroke.

Rounded

Sets stroke start and end points to rounded (default).

Flat

Toggle stroke start and end points caps to flat or rounded.

Toggle Start

Toggle stroke start point cap to flat or rounded.

Toggle End

Toggle stroke end point cap to flat or rounded.

Stroke ending with rounded caps.

Stroke ending with flat caps.

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).

Set Uniform Thickness

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Set Uniform Thickness

Makes the thickness equal for the entire stroke.

Thickness

Thickness value to use on all points of the stroke.

Set Uniform Opacity

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Set Uniform Opacity

Makes the opacity equal for the entire stroke.

Opacity

Opacity value to use on all points of the stroke.

Scale Thickness

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Scale Thickness

When enabled, scales the stroke thickness during scale transformations.

Set Curve Type

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Set Curve Type

Sets the spline type for the splines in the stroke component that are in the selection.

Type

The type to convert the splines in the selection to. Read the Spline Types page for more details on the different spline types.

Bézier:

Convert to a Bézier spline. A spline converted from a poly spline gets vector handles, while one converted from NURBS or Catmull Rom spline gets auto handles.

Note

When converting from a NURBS spline to a Bézier spline, at least six points are needed. When the number of points is not a multiple of three a full conversion is not possible and the spline has to be truncated.

NURBS:

Convert to a NURBS spline.

Poly:

Convert to a poly spline.

Catmull Rom:

Convert to a Catmull Rom spline.

Handles

Take handle information into account in the conversion

Set Curve Resolution

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Set Curve Resolution

Sets the number of points generated along each curve segment (between two handles).

Reset UVs

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Stroke ‣ Set Curve Resolution

Reset UV transformation to default values.