Keyboard shortcuts

“←”: Element to left for 1px “Shift+←”: Element to left for 5px “↑”: move Element to up for 1px “Shift+↑”: move Element to up for 5px “→”: Element to right for 1px “Shift+→”: Element to right for 5px “↓”: Element to down for 1px “Shift+↓”: Element to down for 5px “Delete”: Delete MAC OS X […]

Understanding layers

At the top-right corner of YouiDraw Drawing interface is the layer tree. This area you can select elements and use layers to manage the elements, one layer is one separate area on canvas. And you can hide/show or lock an element. If you want to select a element, you need to select that layer at first.

Change or Copy Style and Properties

• Shape Parameter: When you add a shape by shape create tools, you can adjust the shape by shapes parameter, different shapes with different parameter settings. You can change “radius” for round rectangle, change “side” or “inner” for concave, gear or convex shapes. • Fill (Solid Color, Gradient and Pattern): Solid Color: You can pick a solid […]

Adjust Elements and choose a Style

1. Adjust elements by move, rotate, scale, skew tools: Select an element, then click these tools   in the left toolbox, then you can click and drag mouse on canvas to adjust this selected element. 2. You also can adjust elements by using Transform settings in Properties tab: Select an element, then switch to Transform settings under […]

Add Shapes or Elements

1. Add a shape by Pen tools : Click the pen tool   in the left toolbox, and click on canvas to add point, drag to add a curve point, finally click the first point to complete the shape.   2. Add a shape by Shape create tools : Click  rectangle, round-rectangle, ellipse, convex, concave, gear shape create button, and click and drag […]

Set up your Environment

1. The Grid button on the Top Function Area: Show grid on the background with spacing settings. Enable “snap to grid” option to lets you position elements along the same horizontal or vertical lines. 2. Project Settings under Properties tab: Set documents canvas width and height by pixels, inches, cm or mm units. Set background […]

Create a new Project

Once you’ve opened the web app in your browser, the web app will new a default blank project. But you also can creating new documents by click the logo button and selecting NEW from the menu.   ps: If you want to save your work into your Google Drive or Dropbox, you need login first by […]