
Standard Layer - this is the basic layer type, available in both OmniGraffle Standard and Pro.There are three different types of layers in OmniGraffle: Layer A layer contains the objects that you draw. You can change OmniGraffle’s default keyboard shortcuts by choosing OmniGraffle ▸ Keyboard Shortcuts from the menu bar. Keyboard Shortcut A set of keys you press to invoke a menu command, or a single character or number key that you press to select one of OmniGraffle’s tools. Unlike the Canvas inspectors, which can be set on a canvas-by-canvas basis, the settings you choose in the Document inspectors apply to the everything in your project. Use the Document inspectors to define how your OmniGraffle project file is saved, set printer margins, and add document-wide metadata for the project.The Canvas inspectors are used to set the canvas’s dimensions, choose whether the canvas automatically expands when working on the canvas, set an infinite canvas, assign a background color or image fill to the canvas, and more. If your project has multiple canvases, you can set each canvas’s properties independently. Use the Canvas inspectors to define the selected canvas.

If you have two or more objects selected on the canvas, you can use any of the Object and Properties inspectors to apply style and property changes to the selected objects. Smart Guides, which are light blue by default, appear when you are aligning objects on the canvas.Ruler Guides, which are pink by default, are guides that you drag out from one of the rulers and position on the canvas.Guides There are two types of guides that you’ll see in OmniGraffle: An object group, when selected, can be styled and moved on the canvas as a single unit the styles you apply using the Object inspectors are assigned to each object in the group. Group A group consists of two or more objects that are bound to each other. However, documents tend to be associated with wordy things, not designy things, so throughout the documentation, you’ll see us reference these as OmniGraffle Projects. Document/Project When you create a new file in OmniGraffle, the basic type of file you can create is a document. An OmniGraffle project always contains at least one canvas and one layer. Canvas The canvas is the big white area in the center of OmniGraffle’s interface where you draw and create things. Bounding boxes have eight handles (one at each corner and centerpoint of the box), which you can click and drag to resize an object. Bounding Box The rectangular area that defines the space an object occupies on the canvas is known as the bounding box. Artboard An artboard is a special type of layer whose objects define an export area, or act as a container, for objects on standard or shared layers higher up in the layer stack.
#OMNIGRAFFLE PRO UNITS MM HOW TO#
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#OMNIGRAFFLE PRO UNITS MM SOFTWARE#
Every piece of software you use has a core set of terminology, and like those apps, OmniGraffle has a common nomenclature.
