Alternatively you can click directly on the symbol to repeat the last used command chosen from this toolbar. Click on the icon to draw an arrow.Ĭlick on the small black triangle on the button Lines and Arrows to open a floating toolbar with 10 tools for drawing lines and arrows (Figure 5). They are shown in the information field on the status bar only as lines. Draw classifies arrows as a subgroup of lines: Lines with arrowheads. Drawing an arrowĪrrows are drawn like lines. A description of the current activity or status of selection is shown when you are working with an element or elements see Figure 4 for two examples.įigure 4: The information area in the status bar. While you are working with this line, look at the information field on the status bar. To change any of these line properties, select the line by clicking on it, then right-click and select Line. The line just drawn has all the standard attributes (such as color and line style). This lets you draw lines by starting from the middle of the line. Hold down the Alt key while drawing a line results in the line extending outwards symmetrically from the start point (the line will extend out equally each side of the starting point). The spacing (resolution) of the grid points can be adjusted under Tools > Options > -Draw > Grid (see also Chapter 8). Snap to Grid off: Ctrl activates the snap option for this activity. Snap to Grid on: Ctrl deactivates the snap option for this activity. The effect of the Ctrl key depends on the settings of the option Snap to Grid on the View > Grid menu: Keep the Ctrl key pressed while drawing a line to have the end of the line snap to the nearest grid point. Hold down the Shift key while you draw a line to restrict the angle of the line to a multiple of 45 degrees (0, 45, 90, 135 and so on).
The colors depend on the standard selection mode – green with a normal selection and blue if you are in the point edit mode (this effect is easily apparent if on the Options toolbar both Simple Handles and Large Handles are switched on.
Release the mouse button at the point where you want to end the line.Ī blue or green selection handle appears at each end of the line, showing that this is the currently selected object.
Drag the mouse while keeping the mouse button pressed. We begin with the drawing of the simplest element – a straight line.Ĭlick on the Line icon on the Drawing toolbar and place the mouse pointer at the point where you want to start the line (see Figure 3).
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