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This layer icon appeared as I was breaking out layers from AI to Moho....

https://ibb.co/Jx4F6cW

What does that mean?
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It means the layer is only composed of triangles, so it's a triangulated layer that can be used as a smart warp mesh.
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synthsin75 wrote:It means the layer is only composed of triangles, so it's a triangulated layer that can be used as a smart warp mesh.
Wow. That was not supposed to happened.

How do you triangulate a layer?
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Gnaws wrote:
synthsin75 wrote:It means the layer is only composed of triangles, so it's a triangulated layer that can be used as a smart warp mesh.
Wow. That was not supposed to happened.

How do you triangulate a layer?
You can triangulate a layer using Draw>Triangulate 2D Mesh, but if a layer just happens to only have filled triangles, Moho will show it as triangulated too. It's no different from a regular vector layer. Just means you could use it as a smart warp mesh. If the icon annoys you, you can just add a little filled square or circle somewhere way outside the camera view.
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Odd that only that layer came out looking like that. I must have accidentally hit the hot key for triangulate...assuming there is one?
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Gnaws wrote:Odd that only that layer came out looking like that. I must have accidentally hit the hot key for triangulate...assuming there is one?
No, it probably only has three-point filled shapes. That's all it takes.

There is no default hotkey for triangulate.
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synthsin75 wrote:
Gnaws wrote:Odd that only that layer came out looking like that. I must have accidentally hit the hot key for triangulate...assuming there is one?
No, it probably only has three-point filled shapes. That's all it takes.

There is no default hotkey for triangulate.
Ooooooh gotcha. That makes sense in regards to this particular vector shape.

Thanks, Wes
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