Cutting

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The Cutter tool lets you cut out part of a drawing so that you can transform it, copy it or delete it.

 

  1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Cutter tool or press Alt + T.

  1. In the Stage or Camera view, draw a lasso around the artwork you want to cut away.

    The artwork inside the lasso you drew will be cut from the rest of the artwork and will be selected.

    TIPS
    • You can add another part of your artwork to the selection by holding Shift and drawing another lasso.
    • By default, the Cutter tool will only work on the current layer. You can cut artwork from all visible layers by holding the Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ (macOS) key.

  1. Once you've cut out artwork, you can manipulate it like with the Select tool. For example:

    • To move the selected artwork, click and drag it.
    • To delete the selected area, press Del.
    • To scale, rotate or skew the selection, use the controls around the selection's bounding box.

NOTE To transform your selection, see Transforming Artwork with the Select Tool..