Operation Manual

164 | Corel DESIGNER X7 User Guide
To add text to a predefined shape
1
Click the Text tool .
2
Position the cursor inside the shape’s outline until it changes to a text cursor box , and then click.
3 Type and format text inside the shape.
Drawing projected shapes
You can draw thread shapes, well shapes, cylinders, and prisms in projected view. These shapes are useful for creating illustrations of bolts,
nuts, and well nuts.
You can adjust the length and radius of the projected shapes by specifying values or by moving their control handles in the drawing window.
With thread and well shapes, you can set the distance from the first thread to the start of the object and the distance from the last thread
to the end of the object. You can also adjust the pitch, which is the distance in projected space from one thread to the next, or adjust the
number of threads per inch.
With prisms, you can specify the number of sides of the base faces.
Examples of projected shapes
To draw a projected shape
1 Click the Projected shape tools button, and click one of the following tools:
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Thread
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Well
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Cylinder
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Prism
2 Drag in the drawing window to set the radius of the shape, then move the pointer to set the length, and click.
To modify a projected shape
1 Click the Projected shape tools button, and click one of the following tools:
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Thread
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Well
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Cylinder