.. _tool_sketch:

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     Sketch Tool
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|Tool_sketch_icon.png| \ **ALT-K**\ 

The ``Sketch Tool`` allows you to draw freehand over the top of a
|Canvas|.

Each workarea has a single sketch overlay associated with it.

Sketches are not saved as part of the **.sifz** file when you save your
work, but can be saved separately as **.sketch** files for later
reloading.

.. _tool_sketch  Options:

Options
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.. figure:: sketch_dat/Sketch_Tool_Options.png
   :alt: Sketch_Tool_Options.png


The Sketch Tool has the following in its |Tool_Options_Panel| :

-  **Show Sketch**: a checkbox for toggling the visibility of the sketch
   overlay **On** and **Off**.
-  **Undo Last Stroke**: cancels the most recent edit to the sketch
   overlay. Can be repeatedly clicked to cancel more edits.
-  **Clear Sketch**: clears the current workarea's sketch overlay.
-  **Save Sketch As...**: writes the sketch overlay from the current
   workarea to a .sketch file.
-  **Open a Sketch**: loads a previously saved .sketch file, overwriting
   any previously drawn or opened sketch in the current workarea.

| Sketch uses the color of the default ``foreground color`` in the
  |Toolbox|.

.. |Tool_sketch_icon.png| image:: sketch_dat/Tool_sketch_icon.png
   :width: 64px


.. |Canvas| replace:: :ref:`Canvas <canvas>`
.. |Tool_Options_Panel| replace:: :ref:`Tool Options Panel <panel_tool_options>`
.. |Toolbox| replace:: :ref:`Toolbox <panel_toolbox>`