Selecting Objects Using the Objects Tab
The Objects tab allows you to quickly locate and select specific objects.
This is useful when your design is complex, and selecting individual objects
in the conventional way, pointing and clicking, has become difficult.
To select objects, select the object’s name in the DesignEditor - Objects
tab. Hold Shift or Ctrl to select multiple objects.
You can select individual objects among compounded or grouped objects.
When you select objects in the design area, the corresponding items are
automatically highlighted on the DesignEditor - Objects tab.
Changing the Order of Objects
You can change the order of objects by clicking and dragging them to a
new location in the stack. You can change the stack order of objects within
a particular layer, or you can move objects from one layer to another.
1 Click on the object that you would like to move or reorder in the
Objects tab.
2 To drag the object to the desired location, do one of the
following:
• Hold Shift and drag to replace the highlighted object with the
one you are moving.
• Hold Ctrl and drag to duplicate the object and places it in the
new location.
• Right-click and drag to display a menu with the following
options:
○ Move and Insert ○ Move and Replace
○ Copy and Insert ○ Copy and Replace
3 Release the mouse button when the object immediately under
the object to be stacked is highlighted.
Renaming Objects
1 Click the object in DesignEditor - Objects tab
2 Click the same object again.
3 Type the new name.
Applying Effects
When you move objects underneath an effect, that effect is then applied to
the objects. This is useful when you have applied a number of effects to a
particular object and want to apply those same effects to another object. To
do this, move the object within the hierarchy of the effect, or group of
effects, that you want to apply.
Effects are applied to the objects underneath them as a group. It is not the
same as individually selecting objects and re-applying the same effects.
Click and
Drag
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