Operation Manual

Drawing circles or ellipses
To draw an ellipse (also called an oval), click on the Ellipse icon on the Drawing toolbar. A
circle is an ellipse with both axes the same length. To draw a circle, click on the Ellipse icon and
hold down the Shift key whilst you draw a circle.
To draw an ellipse or circle from its center, position your cursor on the drawing, press the mouse
button and then hold down the Alt key while dragging with the cursor. The ellipse or circle uses the
start point (where you first clicked the mouse button) as the center.
Note
If you first press and hold down the Ctrl key and then click on one of the icons for
Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, or Text, a standard sized object is drawn automatically in
the work area; the size, shape, and color are all standard values. These attributes
can be changed later, if desired. See the Draw Guide for more information.
Drawing curves or polygons
To draw a curve or polygon click the Curve icon on the Drawing toolbar. Click on the triangle to
the right of the icon to open the tool palette containing tools that are available for drawing curves
and polygons (Figure 167). The icon for the tool used most recently will be shown on the Drawing
toolbar to make it easier to use the same tool again.
If you move the mouse cursor over one of the icons, a tooltip pops up with a description of the
function.
Note
Hovering the mouse pointer over this icon gives a tooltip of Curve. If you open the
floating toolbar, the title is Lines, as shown in Figure 167.
Holding down the Shift key when drawing lines with the Curve or Polygon tools will
restrict the angles between the lines to 45 or 90 degrees.
Figure 167: Curves (Lines) toolbar and available tools
Curves
Click and hold the left mouse button to create the starting point of your curve, then, while holding
down the left mouse button, drag from the starting point to draw a line. Release the left mouse
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