Drawing

Using the Drawing Tools

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drawing_tools 

The Draw toolbox contains the drawing modes and the Selection Arrow. The drawing modes can also be invoked from the Draw menu. Once selected, a mode is active until you change to a different one.  The selection mode is used for invoking all other  commands.  You can find the active mode by noting which button is pressed or looking at the mode area on the status bar.

Click a link below to get more information on the command.

draw_point_button 

draw_segment_button 

draw_infinite_line_button 

draw_vector_button 

draw_polygon_button 

draw_circle_button 

Point

Line Segment

Infinite Line

Vector

Polygon

Circle

draw_ellipse_button 

draw_parabola_button 

draw_hyperbola_button 

draw_arc_button 

draw_ngon_button 

draw_curve_approximation_button 

Ellipse

Parabola

Hyperbola

Arc

N-gon

Curve Approximation

draw_text_button 

draw_picture_button 

draw_expression_button 

draw_function_button 

 

 

Text

Picture

Expression

Function

 

 

Before you start your drawing, select Edit / Preferences / Geometry to set various attributes, such as line color / style, fill color / style and transparency level, of the various drawing elements.

You can change the attributes of individual drawing elements by selecting them, right click the mouse, and choose All Properties from the context menu.