Drawing Desk
You can work on a portion of an animation sequence or many drawings from different layers. To do this, select the segment needed in one or more layers in the Xsheet or Timeline view and then use the drawing desk to allow you to work only on these drawings.
The Drawing Desk is only available in the Drawing view.
- Do one of the following:
‣ | In the Xsheet or Timeline view, select a consecutive cell range from one or several layers. |
‣ | In the Xsheet view, hold down Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (Mac OS X) and click on any cell to add it to the selection, even if it is not consecutive. |
- Do one of the following:
‣ | In the Timeline or Xsheet view menu, select Drawings > Send Drawings to Desk. |
‣ | In the Xsheet view, right-click and select Send Drawings to Desk. |
‣ | In the Xsheet view, hold down the Alt key and click on the selection. |
The drawing desk opens on the side of the Drawing view.
- If the drawing desk side panel is hidden, click the Arrow button, located on the right side of the view.
- In the Timeline or Xsheet view, select the drawings to be added.
- Do one of the following:
‣ | In the Timeline or Xsheet view menu, select Drawings > Add Drawings to Desk |
‣ | Alt + click the selection. |
- Select a new drawing in the Timeline or Xsheet view.
- In the Timeline or Xsheet view menu, select Drawings > Send Drawings to Desk.
The previous drawing desk selection is removed and replaced with the current selection.
‣ | Right-click the drawing desk and select No Thumbnail, Small Thumbnail, Medium Thumbnail or Large Thumbnail. |
‣ | In the drawing desk, select the thumbnail. |
‣ | Click the Move Drawing Up and Moving Drawing Down buttons as needed, to move it to the new position in the drawing desk. |
- In the drawing desk, select one or more drawings to remove.
- Do one of the following:
‣ | Right-click the drawing desk and select Remove Selected Drawings or Remove All Drawings. |
‣ | In the Drawing view, press Esc to remove all drawings. |