Drag the two blue handles here to set where your chart starts and ends.
What the tools do
FillFill the range between the two handles back up with candles or wicks, or start over.
CarveFlat, slant, freehand and curve. Drag to cut the bottom, right-drag (or press X) to cut the top.tap Bottom to cut the top.
BottomSwitches which side a drag cuts: the bottom or the top of the candles.
WarpFlip or mirror everything between the two handles.
SizeMake candles taller or shorter, and choose which ones. Finer rows gives the same chart more, smaller steps.
Undo, RedoStep back or forward through your changes.
ImageLoad a picture, cut the candles to its shape, and lock it in place once it is positioned.
ImportOpen a project file you saved.
ExportThe candle numbers, a picture of the chart, or a project file to come back to.
CandlesOn means the tools shape candle bodies.
WicksOn means the tools shape wicks, and the colour squares appear.
HandlesThe two blue handles in the strip along the top set where your chart starts and ends.
Keys
| F | Open Fill |
| D | Open Carve |
| W | Open Warp |
| S | Open Size |
| I | Open Image |
| L | Lock or unlock the picture |
| O | Open Import |
| E | Open Export |
| Q | Flat tool |
| A | Slant tool |
| Z | Freehand tool |
| R | Curve tool |
| X | Swap which side the tools cut (Bottom or Top) |
| C | Turn Candles on or off |
| V | Turn Wicks on or off |
| 1-9, 0 | Pick a wick colour (only when Wicks is on) |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Y | Redo |
| Ctrl+A | Choose all candles |
| Esc | Cancel the tool, close a menu, close this |
| Enter | Apply the curve you are bending |
| ? | Open this help |
Start full, carve down. You always begin with a screen packed full of
candles. Cutting a picture out of that is far quicker than placing candles
one at a time, that is the whole idea behind doodlpad.
doodlpad
This is a tool for drawing pictures out of candlesticks. You get a chart packed full of candles, and you carve your picture out of it.
Rows: 290
Chosen: all
Candles: 0
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