Putting Down a Guide¶

Mode: Object Mode, in Draw

Shortcut: F freehand, LMB pen, L line, O circle

Hold F and drag. Return to the start to close a loop.

Freehand strokes with F: a loop closed on its start, an open curve, and a loop with corners

Click for a corner, click and drag for a smooth point. Click the first point to close the loop, or press Enter to finish it open.

Pen clicks placing corners, click-drags placing smooth points with handles, and a click on the first point closing the loop

Hold L and drag.

Straight lines dragged with L, glued to each other into a box with a diagonal

Hold O and drag from the center outward. Shift makes it round.

A circle dragged with O, a point of it moved, and a round circle inside it with Shift

Drag from off the mesh across it. The cut goes all the way through, front and back, so a stroke across the neck gives a ring all the way around.

A stroke from off the mesh across a cylinder, giving a ring all the way around

A stroke that starts or ends on another guide is glued to it; see Junctions.