# Shape menu

**Create Editable Primitives** - when creating **Primitives** (e.g. an ellipse) via the [tools](https://scenegroup.gitbook.io/cavalry/user-interface/menus/window-menu/toolbar), convert them to geometry.

**Make Editable** - convert a **Primitive** (e.g. an ellipse) into geometry.

**Make Editable Copy** - copy and convert a **Primitive** (e.g. an ellipse) into geometry.

**Bake Selected Shape** - make a copy of a Shape with any deformation baked into it. 

**Separate** - convert all closed paths into separate shapes.

**Separate to Editable** - convert all closed paths into separate shapes and convert to editable shapes.

**Merge** - combine multiple shapes into one shape. Note - this is not a boolean.

**Merge to Editable** - combine multiple shapes into one editable shape. Note - this is not a boolean.

**Deform along Path** - using the first two selected shapes this will deform the first along the second. For example, select a **Shape** and then a **Path** and then run this command. A [Pathfinder](https://scenegroup.gitbook.io/cavalry/nodes/behaviours/pathfinder) will be created and connected as a **Deformer** to the **Shape** and the **Path** will be added as its **Input Path**.

**Center Pivot** - move the pivot to the centre of a Shape's bounding box.

**Center Pivot (Centroid)** - move the pivot to the Shape's centre of mass. This can also be useful for finding the optical center of shapes.

**Freeze Transform** - set the selected Shape's current transformations to zero.

**Reset Transform** - reset the transform (position, rotation, scale, skew and pivot) to defaults.

**Close Contour** - close an open contour.

**Open Contour** - open a closed contour.

**Join Contours** - join two end points of separate contours on the same path to make one contour.

**Lock Bézier Handle** - if a bezier handle(s) is unlocked, set it to locked.

**Unlock Bézier Handle** - if a bezier handle(s) is locked, set it to unlocked.

**Convert to Corner Point** - convert a bezier point to a corner point.

**Convert to Bézier Point** - convert a corner point to a bezier point.

**Delete Selected Points** - remove all selected points.

**Boolean (Union)** - 

**Boolean (Difference)** - 

**Boolean (Intersection)** - 

**Boolean (Exclude)** - 

**Make First Point** - with a point selected, running this command will set that point to Point Index 0.

**Reverse Contours** - reverse the direction of a contour.