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The position, width and height are shown on the Property Bar. Also note the new information about
our rectangle on the STATUS BAR at the bottom of your Drawing Page. Note the Rectangle on
Layer 1 as shown on the example below:
Drawing an object while holding down the SHIFT constrains the rectangle with the cursors origin being the center
point. Pressing and holding the CTRL key while you CLICK-DRAG constrains the rectangle with all sides equal, from
the cursors origin. And, SHIFT+CTRL key while you CLICK-DRAG constrains the rectangle with all sides equal,
from the cursors origin which becomes the center point of the rectangle.
Rounding Corners
You can round the corners on the rectangle interactively by dragging one of the four corner control
points horizontally or vertically. Or, you can change the corner roundness by entering the value on
the Property Bar. The corner roundness is shown on the Properties Bar in Figure 2-1.
FIGURE 2-1 Rectangle Property Bar noting Rectangle Corner Roundness and Round Corners Together
lock.
Note the Round The Corners Together lock next to the corner roundness values in Figure 2-1. If it is locked or
depressed, entering one value changes all the values identically. If it unlocked, you can enter a value to round a single
corner.
Note the ELLIPSE TOOL Property bar below, as well as the STATUS BAR (Figure 2-3) after creating
the ellipse.
FIGURE 2-3 Ellipse Tool Property Bar and Status Bar after creating the Ellipse in Figure 2-2.
Some examples of using the pie and arcs for ellipses are shown below:
You can create a new pie or arc immediately by a CLICK, either the Pie or Arc button on the Property Bar before
creating the shape. You may also quickly toggle the state of any selected ellipse shape among these three states using the
same options
Dont forget to try the SHIFT and CTRL constrain keys when creating an ellipse. Using the SHIFT
key while you CLICK-DRAG the ELLIPSE TOOL creates the ellipse from the staring position of the
cursor. Using CTRL+CLICK-DRAG creates an ellipse where the origin becomes the center point.
And, SHIFT+CTRL while you CLICK-DRAG creates a circle where the origin becomes the center
point.
Polygon Tool
While the POLYGON TOOL is selected, the Property Bar (Figure 2-4) shows various options for
working with polygons.
FIGURE 2-4 Polygon Tool Properties Bar with 9 point star selected, .028 line width.
You can adjust the appearing of your polygon or star shape by changing the Number of
Sides/points options on the Property bar. Alternatively, you can move the control points with the
SHAPE TOOL and interactively control your polygon. Some of the various polygons and stars are
shown in Figure 2-5.
Complex stars have intersecting sides and produce original results with a fill applied. Below is the
Complex Star Property Bar
If you change any of the settings for a polygon or a star on the Property Bar, while no polygon is selected, those settings
become the default settings for the POLYGON TOOL.
Perfect Shapes
PERFECT SHAPES began in version 10, and is often overlooked. This tool is a collection different
styles which allow you to quickly create a variety of shapes. Unlike standard artwork you might load,
PERFECT SHAPES can be dynamically edited. For example, the symbol representing the arrow
features a single glyph node which lets you adjust the shaft and head of the arrow (see Figure 2-7).