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Editing Shapes and Text
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Dr. STIKA PLUS lets you take shapes that have been drawn and edit them in a wide variety of ways. Shapes and text created with Dr.
STIKA PLUS are collectively known as "objects."
Shapes Unsuitable for Cutting
The shapes shown below are not suitable for cutting. When editing objects, you should avoid creating shapes like these.
Open shapes
Partially overlapping shapes
A shape is called an "open shape" when its start point and end point do not coincide. An open shape is not suitable for cutting, because
the sheet cannot be peeled off after the shape has been cut.
Data like that in the figure below, where two shapes partially
overlap, is not suitable for cutting. Objects should be arranged so
that shapes do not overlap.
Shapes that overlap are suitable for use as cutting data when one
shape is completely enclosed within another.
Editing objects
Enlarging, shrinking, and corners
Clicking on an object makes some marks appear around it. These
and marks can be dragged to change the object's size.
Rounded-corner rectangles and start-shaped object are displayed with the mark shown below in addition to the marks just described.
The object's size can be changed
freely by dragging. To make an
object larger (or smaller) while re-
taining the same vertical and hori-
zontal proportions, hold down the
[Shift] key while dragging.
Drag to make the object larger
(or smaller) in the horizontal
direction.
Drag to make the object larger
(or smaller) in the vertical
direction.
Drag to enlarge (or reduce) the
radius of the rounded corners.
Drag to make the angles more
acute (or more obtuse).
