User Guide

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In the Rectangle Tool dialog box, enter a value or use the slider to adjust

the corner radius, from 0 for a standard 90° corner to 100 for extremely

curved corners.

3 Click OK.

4 Draw the rectangle.

To adjust the corners of a selected rectangle:

1 Choose Window > Inspectors > Object to display the Object inspector.

2 Enter a value in the Corner Radius text box. Press Enter or Return.

Constraining a basic shape as you draw

You can constrain how a tool draws a basic shape. When constrained, the

Rectangle tool draws a square, the Ellipse tool draws a circle, and the Line tool

draws at increments of 45°.

You can change the constrain angle. When the constrain angle is 0°, holding down

the Shift key constrains objects to 0°, 45°, 90°, and so on. Changing the constrain

angle shifts these angles by the speciﬁed amount. A constrain angle of 10°, for

example, changes the angles to 10°, 55°, 100°, and so on. If you change the

constrain angle, when you draw a rectangle, line, or ellipse it will be tilted to the

value you speciﬁed.

To constrain a shape as you draw, do one of the following:

• To constrain a shape, hold down Shift as you drag the pointer.

• To constrain a shape as you draw from the center, hold down Alt (Windows) or

Option (Macintosh) and Shift-drag the pointer.

To set the constrain angle:

1 Choose Modify > Constrain.

2 Enter a value in the Angle text box, or use the wheel to set the angle.

3 Click OK.