28 docs tagged with "object-properties"

Alignment

The building blocks of RapidPlan...

One of the trickier techniques to master in RapidPlan is the drawing of a Bezier. Beziers offer a powerful way to create curves with great precision.

Use the Style menu to change the default appearance of newly created objects.

Almost every element in RapidPlan Online has at least one control point. A control point (represented by a small red circle) is a handle that allows you to alter the shape of an object.

Almost every drawable object in RapidPlan has one or more control points. These are the handles you use to shape geometry, align objects, and connect one object to another.

Crop images and other objects to any desired shape, edit individual points and segments in existing crop geometries.

Custom symbols let you replace selected built-in symbols with your own reusable graphics.

The Dimensions Input Panel tool allows you to:

RapidPlan has made it simple to duplicate objects and/or an items property onto another item.

When you select multiple objects, you can change the properties they share in the Properties palette.

Once you have selected your object, a number of new tools become available. Its important that you understand what each tool does as you will come to rely upon them heavily.

Geometries apply to the path either the edge of an object or the span of a line-based object takes between two control points.

One of the most important techniques to master is grouping. By grouping objects together, you can manipulate them as one item. Grouping is also necessary if you wish to create and save your own signs. You can group any of the RapidPlan elements together and the technique is the same, regardless of which elements you choose to group.

We won't get into detail with this tool since it is simply a way to import image files to your RapidPlan drawing. Once you select the Image tool from the Tools palette, you will be presented with a typical Open box where you can search your computer for image files you want to import.

The Preferences area contains application settings for units, autosave, spell checking, editor display, keyboard shortcuts, layouts, defaults, and advanced behavior.

Moving Objects

Object geometry types

Properties

The Defaults section in Preferences controls the values RapidPlan uses when it creates new plans, objects, signs, brushes, fonts, and text objects.

The Properties palette displays all the information pertaining to any selected signs, tools, markers or objects. This is where you can change fonts, colors, lane markers, etc - of a selected object.

There will almost always be two different ways of resizing an object in RapidPlan. It is important to understand the difference between the two methods, and when to use each.

Save frequently used tool configurations as styles so you can apply the same appearance quickly.

Selecting

Use the matching-properties selection option to select objects that share the same properties.

Before you can manipulate the properties of your objects (such as the size, shape, position or rotation) you must first tell RapidPlan which item or items you want to change. You do this, by selecting your desired object(s). Sometimes you will need to select only one object,

Resizing and rotating objects can be enhanced by changing the point they scale from or rotate around.

The technique for drawing with these tools varies from object to object. Many of the objects such as Rectangles, Ellipses, and Rounded Rectangles are simple two-control point structures. Polylines, Polygons, Splines, Arcs, and Beziers can have as many points as you like. Irrespective, the process is simple.