Rectangle
Draw axis-aligned rectangles by dragging from one corner to the opposite corner.
The Rectangle tool draws axis-aligned rectangles. The active layer determines the color and cut settings.
Activate
- Hotkey:
Ctrl+R - Toolbar: Creation Toolbar
How to use
- Click and drag on the canvas from one corner to the opposite corner.
- Release to create the rectangle.
Minimum size: 1 mm × 1 mm. Smaller drags are discarded.
Modifiers and interactions
- Shift + drag: constrain to a square.
- Ctrl + drag: drag from the center outward.
Options
Reads the default corner radius from app state. New rectangles use the current drawing defaults. Edit Corner Radius for a selected rectangle in Properties.
What gets created
A Rectangle object on the active layer. Properties:
width,height, in mm.corner_radius, defaults to the tool's current default (often 0).
Result on the canvas
A rectangle outline of the active layer's color.
Related
- Ellipse: same workflow, ellipse shape
- Polygon: regular polygons
- Shape Properties panel: numeric editing after creation
- Node tool: convert to a path for arbitrary node editing