{"id":902,"date":"2019-10-14T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/?p=902"},"modified":"2019-10-14T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T12:52:50","slug":"use-the-alt-key-while-drawing-or-selecting-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/use-the-alt-key-while-drawing-or-selecting-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"Use the Alt Key while Drawing or Selecting Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using the Alt key while drawing or selecting objects is useful in the following situations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select an object behind an object already selected<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Select_ObjectBehindAlreadySelected.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Select_ObjectBehindAlreadySelected.png 510w, https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Select_ObjectBehindAlreadySelected-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> To select an object behind an already selected object, keep the <strong>Alt<\/strong> or <strong>Alt Gr<\/strong> key pressed and click on the already selected object.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocad.com\/wiki\/ocad\/en\/index.php?title=Select#Select_an_object_behind_an_object_already_selected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Video (opens in a new tab)\">Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select next object for editing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Select_SelectNextObject.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Select_SelectNextObject.png 510w, https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Select_SelectNextObject-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select a line object and choose e.g. the <strong>Cut<\/strong> function. If you press the <strong>Alt<\/strong> key, the cursor changes to the  <strong>Select Object and Edit Vertex<\/strong> mode. Keep the <strong>Alt<\/strong> key pressed and click the next object you want to cut. Release the <strong>Alt<\/strong> key and continue with the cutting.  <br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Video (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocad.com\/wiki\/ocad\/en\/index.php?title=Select#Select_next_object_for_editing\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Draw horizontal lines<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Draw_HorizonalLines.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Draw_HorizonalLines.png 510w, https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Draw_HorizonalLines-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To draw horizontal or vertical lines, press and hold the <strong>Alt<\/strong> button. The line snaps in a vertical or horizontal direction.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Video (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocad.com\/wiki\/ocad\/en\/index.php?title=Drawing_an_Object#Draw_Horizontal_Lines\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Alt key while drawing or selecting objects is useful in the following situations: Select an object behind an object already selected To select an object behind an already selected object, keep the Alt or Alt Gr key pressed and click on the already selected object.Video Select next object for editing Select a line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,35,46,1],"tags":[60,59,9,10,27],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ocad-11","category-ocad-12","category-ocad-2018","category-uncategorized","tag-mapping-solution","tag-orienteering","tag-orienteering-map-making","tag-professional-map-making","tag-smarte-bearbeitungs-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}