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Drawing shapes
Corel DESIGNER lets you draw basic shapes, which you can modify using special effects and reshaping tools.
This section contains the following topics:
• “Drawing rectangles and squares” (page 157)
• “Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and wedges” (page 160)
• “Drawing polygons and stars” (page 161)
• “Drawing grids” (page 162)
• “Drawing predefined shapes” (page 163)
• “Drawing projected shapes” (page 164)
• “Drawing by using shape recognition” (page 166)
Drawing rectangles and squares
Corel DESIGNER lets you draw rectangles and squares. You can draw a rectangle or square by dragging diagonally with the 2-point
rectangle tool or by specifying the width and height with the 3-point rectangle tool. The 3-point rectangle tool lets you quickly draw
rectangles at an angle.
You can create a 3-point rectangle by first drawing its baseline and then drawing its height. The resulting rectangle is angled.
You can also draw a rectangle or square with rounded, scalloped or chamfered corners. You can modify each corner individually or apply the
changes to all corners. In addition, you can specify that all corners scale relative to the object. You can also specify the default corner size for
drawing rectangles and squares.