

From the drop-down list at the top of the panel, select Import Custom Pattern.If the panel isn’t visible on-screen, select Window > Pattern Fill. In your LayOut document, open the Pattern Fill panel by clicking its title bar.tiffĪfter you save the file to your hard drive, follow these steps: If you have a graphics file that you’d like to use as a pattern, you can import the file into LayOut, which supports the following raster image file formats. To line up patterns on shapes that already exist, select the Style tool ( ), click the shape whose origin point you want to sample, and then click the shape whose pattern you want to line up with the first. While the pattern is still active in the Shape Style panel, every shape you draw shares the same pattern origin point.

Tip: When you create a shape that's filled with a pattern, the pattern's origin is the first point you click. Extracting Source Content from a LayOut File.Exporting or Printing Your LayOut Document.Customizing the Interface and Setting Preferences.Working with Scrapbooks of Reusable Entities.Arranging, Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Entities.Use the Zoom and Pan tool to view your model.Copying and Pasting, Locking, Erasing, and Other Editing Tasks.Bending Lines and Shapes with Paths and Points.

