6.10 The Canvas Grid

To aid in construction (drawing Strokes) the Canvas has a

hidden grid.

Figure 6.51

Note: The default Canvas is named Stroke in the

Outliner Editor.

To display the grid on the default Canvas go to

Properties Editor, Object Data Properties button. In

the Outliner Editor, Click LMB on Stroke to select the

Canvas (highlights blue). Note: With Stroke selected in the Outliner Editor, the Layers named

Lines and Fills in Layers Tab of the Properties Editor are Layers in the Canvas named Stroke.

The controls in the Properties Editor at this point control features relating to the Canvas named

Stroke.

With the Canvas named Stroke selected, clicking Eye Icons in Layers Tab of the Properties Editor

has no effect on the Strokes making up Suzanne in the 2D Viewport Editor (Suzanne is in the

Canvas named Suzanne).

Figure 6.52

A Grid will be created on the Canvas named Stroke. The Grid

could be used for repositioning the Strokes making up

Suzanne which are on the Canvas named Suzanne.

Figure 6.53

At the upper right of the 2D

Viewport Editor (Figure

6.53) open Overlays and

check (tick) Canvas at the

bottom of the panel.

In the Properties Editor,

Object

Properties

Data

buttons, Viewport Display,

Canvas tab, configure the

Grid on the Canvas named

Stroke.

Outliner Editor

Grid on Canvas

named Stroke.

Monkey on Canvas

named Suzanne.

Figure 6.54

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