Trace Points Tool

What it Does

Places many points in a row by clicking, one after another, without restarting the tool each time. Use this to trace around the edge of an imported image or PDF pattern piece.

While the tool is active the cursor stays a crosshair. You click where you want a point, save it, and click again for the next one.

How to Use

1. Activate the tool by clicking the Add Trace Points icon
2. Click in the workspace to place a point. Click again to move it if it is in the wrong place
3. Select Save Point to keep that point and start the next one
4. Repeat the last two steps until every point is placed
5. Select Done to keep all the saved points, or Cancel to discard all of them

Save Point is available once you have clicked in the workspace, and it turns off again after you save a point until you click for the next one. Done is available once you have saved at least one point.

warning

A point you have clicked but not saved with Save Point is removed when you select Done. Select Save Point after your last click.

tip

After the points are placed, use the Add Multi-Point Line Tool to join them into an outline.

🧠Memorization

When you memorize a draft, the trace points are remembered as one group.