How to edit a drawing (4 minutes)

This lesson teaches the basic editing skills needed to produce more detailed drawings.

Lesson Content:

• How to adjust the length.
• How to move and position items on your canvas.
• How to rotate and duplicate.
• How to cleanup drawings with trim or extend.

How to edit a line length, location, and copy/paste a line into your drawing.

1. Tap select > free select and tap a line and drag at the end to extend.

 

2. Tap the measurement value of our active line, in this case a line and enter in a new value to adjust.

3. Use the move control point to drag the line to a new area.

4. Use rotate to change orientation.

5. Create a copy with the duplicate function.

Watch these quick edit actions in this short example video 📐🔨

 

Extend and trim.

1. Draw a line, lift your finger or stylus to create a gap, and keep drawing a second line.

2. Tap edit > use extend to draw a line connecting both lines.

3. Draw a box, but instead of ending at the corner continue with a small line.

4. Tap trim and draw over the overage to delete, leaving a perfect box.

Watch this video to get an example of how to best use the trim and extend tools.✂️

Additional Resources:

Edit Lengths & Angles Manually

Pan and Zoom in the Drawing