Using the Drawing Tools

Using the Drawing Tools

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The Draw toolbox contains the drawing commands and the Selection Arrow. The drawing commands can also be invoked from the Draw menu.

drawing_tools 

Unlike commands in the other toolboxes, Drawing commands are always available and require no pre-selection.  Many of the commands are active until you change to a different one or press the Esc key or click the selection arrow select , e.g. you can make multiple points until you select another tool or press esc. The selection mode, indicated by the selection arrow cursor, select , is used for invoking all other  commands.  You can find the active command mode by noting which button is pressed or looking at the current mode 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.