This dialog box is invoqued when you click on the "New Pattern Button" or "Edit Pattern Button" .
A pattern is composed of "variants". More than one variant of the same pattern make the pattern less mechanical or repetitive. When the pattern tool is applied each variant is randomly choosed of all available variants. You can provide up to five variants, however two or three variants could be enough.

	Pointer Tool: Use it to move the nodes.
	Stroke Tool: Use it to draw the strokes.

How to use it:

1. Position the mouse in any point of the drawing areathen with left button down draw the shape of the stroke.
2. As you can see there are four control points. You can move this points using the pointer tool. Just select this tool and move the mouse with the left button down over this point.
3. Draw as many strokes as you want over the drawing area by repeating the steps 1,2.
4. You can use up to five variants. To draw a new variant just click on the second thumbnail and the second variant will become active (blue outline). Each variant will be choosed in a random way when the pattern is applied.
5. Repeat the steps 1,2,3,4 to draw the second variant.
6. If you don´t want to create another variant just press Done. And the new pattern will be added to the list.

See Also: Patterns tool