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The Trace Palette

Dusten Hubbard edited this page Jul 5, 2026 · 1 revision

The Trace Palette

The trace palette is the row of preset traces at the bottom of the window. The selected preset supplies the name, color, tags, shape, and stamp radius for new traces you draw, stamp, or grid. The selected preset's name is shown (in its color) near the palette.

  • The default palette has 20 presets, arranged as two rows of ten.
  • Select a preset with the number keys: 19, 0 for the first row, and Shift+1Shift+9, Shift+0 for the second.
  • Right-click a preset (or press Ctrl+its number) to edit its attributes — name, color, fill mode, tags, the trace shape, and the stamp radius (microns) used by the Stamp and Grid tools.

The small buttons beside the palette let you bulk-increment numbered preset names (+/, applied to all presets or only the active one), open Modify all palettes, and show help. Preset names containing a number pattern can also auto-increment as you place traces, which is handy for numbering a sequence of objects.

You can reset the palette (Series ▸ Trace Palette ▸ Reset current palette) and export/import palettes as CSV (Series ▸ Trace Palette ▸ Export as CSV… / Import from CSV…). Edit ▸ Paste attributes to palette (Shift+G) sets the current preset from a copied trace.

📸 Screenshot: the trace palette with the right-click "edit trace attributes" dialog open, showing the Stamp radius field.


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