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- <html><head><title>Drawing Facilities</title></head>
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- <h3><a name="toolbar">The Toolbar</a></h3>
- Tools are selected from the drawing toolbar:<br>
- <img src="../Images/DToolbar" alt=""><br>
- This has two sections, separated by the horizontal black line.
- Only one of the tools in the top section can be selected at a time.
- The bottom section allows you to set the colour used by the tool
- and the scale the sketch is displayed. All these tools will be
- described in detail <a href="#detail">below</a>.
- <p> To select a tool from the top section, simply click on it
- with the select or the adjust button. The menu button will also
- work, but it sometimes has a special function.
- See <a href="#detail">below</a>.
- <p>The currently selected tool from the top section is shown
- with a grey background. The current colour is shown as the
- background of the colour selector. The current scale is
- displayed in the title bar.
- <h3><a name="drawing">Drawing on the Sketch Pad</a></h3>
- Once you have chosen the tool, colour, and scale, drawing on
- the sketch pad is simply a matter of clicking on the sketch pad
- using the select or the adjust button. If you use the select button,
- the current colour will be used. If you use the adjust button,
- most of the time it will draw in white, though some tools have
- a special function.
- <h3><a name="detail">Detailed Description of Tool Functions</a></h3>
- <img src="../Images/DrawTools" alt=""><br>
- N.B. Below, the word "drawing" means clicking and dragging
- in the sketch pad window. "Single clicking" means just clicking
- once in the sketch pad window.
- <p>
- Here are examples of some of the tools described here:<br>
- <img src="../Images/DrawExmpl" alt=""><br>
- <DL>
- <DT>Dotted Line<DD>Drawing will produce a stream of points.
- <DT>Continuous Line<DD>Drawing will produce a continuous line.
- <DT>Straight Line<DD>Single click with Select to start the line. Then single
- click again for each section of the line. Single click with Adjust to stop
- drawing, so you can start again in another place. Therefore, Adjust will not
- draw in white, as it will with most other tools.
- <DT>Text<DD>Clicking Select or Adjust on the tool will select it. Clicking
- menu will open a dialogue box, allowing you to choose the font to use.
- Single clicking with Select will open a dialogue box where you can enter the
- text to plot to the sketch. Single clicking with Adjust will set the font
- background colour (used for antialiasing) to the colour under the pointer.
- <DT>Block<DD>Clicking Select or Adjust on the tool will select it. Clicking
- menu will open the Size menu, allowing you to choose the size of block.
- Drawing will produce a stream of square blocks in the selected size.
- <DT>Fill<DD>Single clicking will perform a local fill.
- <DT>Circle<DD>Clicking Select or Adjust on the tool will select it. Clicking
- menu will open the Size menu, allowing you to choose the size of circle.
- Drawing will produce a stream of circles in the selected size.
- <DT>Airbrush<DD>Clicking Select or Adjust on the tool will select it.
- Clicking menu will open a menu, allowing you to choose the size and density
- of airbrush. The top half of the menu is for the size, while the bottom is
- for the density. Drawing will produce a stream of circles in the selected
- size.
- <DT>Colours<DD>Clicking any button will open the colours menu, where you can
- choose the colour used for drawing. Alternatively, while the sketch pad
- window has the input focus, you can press F4 to select the colour under the
- pointer.
- <DT>Scale<DD>Clicking any button will open the scale dialogue box, where you
- can choose the scale.
- <DT>
- </DL>
- <p>
- <p>
- <p>
- <H4><center><a href="../manual">Up to Contents Page</a></center></H4>
- <a href="Animation">Animation</a> -
- <a href="Author">About the author</a> -
- <a href="Basics">Basics</a> -
- <a href="Bugs">Future improvements</a> -
- <a href="Choices">Customisation</a> -
- <a href="Intro">Introduction</a>
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- <address>© 1996 Jamie Shotton<br>
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