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Modify a Stencil's Shape

If you need a particular shape and don't see it in our stencils, a number of our stencils can be modified as described here.

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Written by Laura Berwick
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  1. Select the stencil you wish to modify.

  2. Click the edit control that appears to the upper-left of the selected stencil.



    OR

    Right-click the desired stencil and select Edit Points from the context menu.


  3. Controls will be displayed for editing vertices (red dots), curvature (blue dots), and sides (line segments) of the stencil.


  4. Click and drag a red dot to move a stencil vertex.


  5. Click and drag a blue dot to adjust the curvature around a vertex.


  6. Shift+Click a line segment to convert a straight line to a curve or vice versa.


  7. Click and drag a line segment to move that side of the stencil.


  8. Double-click on any line segment to add a new red dot (vertex).


  9. Double-click a red dot to remove that vertex.

  10. When you're finished, click anywhere else on the canvas to deactivate stencil editing.

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