Rhinely Basic Tools Part 1: Selection, Images, Grid, and Collision Checks

The first Basic Tools lesson is a tour of the Rhinely workspace. It shows where to start a new design, how selection works, and which buttons help you keep a rhinestone project clean before it is ready for production.

1. Start from My Designs

From the profile menu, open My Designs or go through My Profile and then choose Designer Studio. Create a folder if you want to organize your work, then create a new design and choose where it should be saved.

2. Use Selection and Direct Select correctly

The regular Selection tool selects complete objects such as shapes, images, or grouped rhinestone forms. The Direct Select tool is mainly for individual rhinestones, so use it when one stone needs a tiny adjustment without moving the full design.

3. Add images and understand object options

The Image tool lets you select an image from your computer, then click and drag on the canvas to place it. Once the image is selected, Rhinely shows extra options for that object, including SVG-related tools for black and white conversion or color reduction.

4. Adjust the workspace before checking the design

The pan tool moves around the canvas, the background color button can switch the canvas to black or another color, and the grid button can show or hide the grid. These small workspace settings make detailed rhinestone placement much easier.

5. Check overlaps with Collision Detection

Collision Detection highlights overlapping stones so you can fix them. A good workflow is to design with collision detection off, then turn it on near the end to clean up any problem spots.

6. Preview stones and combine shapes

The 3D realistic view gives rhinestones a more realistic preview. The Compound tools let you combine, subtract, trim, or exclude selected shapes, which is helpful when building custom art before converting it to stones.