Locking Drawing Strokes to a Specific Axis

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When using a drawing guide with the Align with Guide option enabled, your drawing tool will automatically lock against one of the axes of your guide. Which axis it locks onto is the one that is the closest to the angle of your stroke as you start drawing.

If you want, you can manually select which axis to lock your drawing tool against, so as to avoid accidentally locking against the wrong axis.

  1. Set the focus to the Stage or Camera view, for example, by clicking on the view's tab.

  1. Press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key repeatedly to cycle through your guide's axes. The selected axis will be displayed in bold across your mouse cursor.

    All your drawing strokes will lock onto the selected axis.

  1. Press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key repeatedly to cycle through your guide's axes, until none of them are displayed in bold across your mouse cursor.