Actions menu
The Actions menu shows actions that are available in your current context.
| 💻 | Right click in the viewport to open the Actions menu. |
| 🥽 | Use the top button of the support hand to open the Actions menu. |
Actions
Options at the top of the Actions menu are those most commonly used to manage layers. The following actions are available:
Selecting a group that contains multiple layers will make the actions below affect all the layers within that group.
Actions
In order from left to right:
| Action | Description | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Create a new layer. | Creates a new layer, scopes into the new layer, and switches to the Clay tool. | Always available |
Duplicate selection. | Duplicates all selected objects. The Select tool has shortcuts to quickly duplicate a selection without the Actions menu. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
| Flip selection. | Flip the selected objects along an axis. 💻 Ctrl + click the translation control of the gizmo (the cone) to flip an object along that axis. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
| Delete selection. | Delete all selected objects | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
| Make stamp. | Create a stamp from the selected objects. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Grouping
Learn more about Grouping and scene structure here.
In order from left to right:
| Action | Description | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Group | Create a group from the selected objects. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
| Ungroup | All selected groups will be ungrouped. | Requires one or more groups to be selected. |
| Merge | Flattens all selected objects into a single layer. This can be a slow operation when high resolution layers are selected. | Requires more than 1 layer to be selected. |
Resolution
In order from left to right:
| Action | Description | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Increase resolution | Increase the resolution of the current layer or selected objects. Increasing resolution allows for more detail but can impact performance. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
| Decrease resolution | Decrease the resolution of the current layer or selected objects. Decreasing resolution decreases the amount of detail possible but can improve performance. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
| Sample resolution | Set the resolution of the current or selected layer to match that of another layer. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Symmetry and Repetition
You can learn more about Symmetry, Repetition, and Locking here.
Symmetry
| Action | Context |
|---|---|
| Toggle Mirror symmetry. | Requires layer scope. |
| Toggle Radial symmetry. | Requires layer scope. |
| Set number of radial duplicates. | Requires layer scope and Radial symmetry must be enabled. |
Repetition
| Action | Context |
|---|---|
| Toggle Mirror repetition. | Requires group or scene scope. |
| Toggle Radial repetition. | Requires group or scene scope. |
| Set number of radial duplicates. | Requires group or scene scope and Radial repetition must be enabled. |
Visibility
| Action | Context |
|---|---|
| Hide selection. | Always available, but no impact unless an object is selected. |
| Show all - unhide all hidden objects. | Always available, but no impact unless objects are hidden. |
| Isolate scope | When toggled on, any out of focus layers will be automatically hidden. |
Boolean
Learn more about Booleans here.
| Action | Context |
|---|---|
| Begin Union boolean operation. | Requires one or more selected objects. |
| Begin Difference boolean operation. | Requires one or more selected objects. |
| Begin Intersection boolean operation. | Requires one or more selected objects. |
