Drawing a pattern

The canvas is a vector editor: every point is real, and you can move, add, delete and lock them.

Moving around

• Zoom with the mouse wheel or a pinch.
• Pan by dragging an empty part of the canvas.
• Grid toggles with G, the inspector with I and the help overlay with H.

Drawing

• Freehand — sketch a rough shape and it is simplified into clean points (Ramer–Douglas–Peucker),

so a wobbly stroke becomes a usable pattern.

• Edit — drag any point. A point can be a corner or smooth; smooth points carry a

handle that lets you bend the curve without adding points.

• Select — click points to select, then move or edit them as a group; Ctrl+A selects all.

Points

Action	How
Add a point	Click on the curve in Select mode
Delete points	Select and press Delete
Lock a point	Press L — the point keeps its position while you edit the rest
Nudge	Arrow keys or WASD; hold Shift to move further
Rotate selection	Q and E
Move selection	Drag any selected point

Undo, redo, and saving

• Ctrl+Z / ⌘Z undoes and Ctrl+Shift+Z / ⌘⇧Z redoes. One drag counts as one step.
• Editing a pattern saves it automatically a moment later, and it appears under My patterns.
• Loading a preset or a saved pattern resets the editor to that shape, keeping its own history so

your undo steps follow what you did.

Sharing and reusing

• Share a saved pattern with a link from My patterns.
• Share a search report with a link from the results panel.
• Share a pattern to a team so every member can reuse it — see

Teams and sharing.