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Creation Toolbar

Vertical strip on the left edge of the workspace. Hosts every tool that creates or edits geometry.

The Creation Toolbar is the home for everything that puts geometry on the canvas (or modifies its nodes). It runs vertically along the left edge of the workspace.

Buttons

Each button activates a tool. Clicking a button while the tool is already active does nothing.

ToolHotkeyPage
SelectEscSelect
Draw (Pen)Ctrl+LDraw (Pen)
RectangleCtrl+RRectangle
EllipseCtrl+EEllipse
Triangle,(Polygon variant) Polygon
Pentagon,(Polygon variant) Polygon
Polygon (Hexagon),Polygon
Octagon,(Polygon variant) Polygon
Star,Star
Dual Star,(Star variant) Star
TextCtrl+TText
Node EditCtrl+`Node Edit
TrimCtrl+KTrim
TabsCtrl+TabTabs
Laser PositionCtrl+Shift+LLaser Position
MeasureCtrl+MMeasure

Layout

Vertical strip, left edge of the workspace. Always visible by default. Width is fixed.

The Select tool is the default, pressing Esc from anywhere returns to it.

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