Help

Short answers to the questions people ask us. Each chapter is one page, written for the current version of Qwartz on iPad and Mac.

• Getting around

  The home screen, orbit, pan and zoom, quick views, Isolate, the outliner, and the Pencil and finger.

• Select and transform

  The four selection modes, tap, box, paint-select and loops, hide, the Inspector, and Move, Rotate and Scale with snapping.

• Modeling tools

  Add a shape, then shape it with the action bar: extrude, inset, bevel, loop cut, slide, subdivide, merge, fill, dissolve, mirror, separate, join.

• Tiles

  Stamp tiles from a sheet onto faces, layer decals over them, rotate and flip, and export.

• Texture and export

  Pixel paint or your own image, Planar and Box UV, the UV editor, and getting a textured model into your engine.

• Import FBX and OBJ

  Import a model from another app, keep its materials and textures, and paint on it whether it has UVs or not.

• Render a turntable

  A GIF or MP4 of the model turning once round, at the size, length and background you choose.

• Palettes and colors

  The model's palette, built-in or your own, the two colors you paint with, the eyedropper, and pixel density.

• Settings and Apple Pencil

  Every setting, what it changes, and how to set up the Apple Pencil's double-tap and squeeze.

• Mac keyboard shortcuts

  Every key and mouse action on the Mac, by task.

More chapters are on the way. Can't find what you need? Write to [email protected] and tell us what you're making.