Drawing > Drawing with the Pencil tool
Drawing with the Pencil tool
To draw lines and shapes, you use the Pencil tool, in much the same way that you would use a real pencil to draw. To apply smoothing or straightening to the lines and shapes as you draw, you select a drawing mode for the Pencil tool.
To draw with the Pencil tool:
1 | Select the Pencil tool. |
2 | Select a stroke color, line weight, and style. See Specifying stroke and fill attributes. |
3 | Choose a drawing mode under Options in the toolbox: |
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Choose Straighten to draw straight lines and convert approximations of triangles, ovals, circles, rectangles, and squares into these common geometric shapes. |
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Choose Smooth to draw smooth curved lines. |
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Choose Ink to draw freehand lines with no modification applied.
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Lines drawn with Straighten, Smooth, and Ink mode, respectively |
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4 | Drag on the Stage to draw with the Pencil tool. Shift-drag to constrain lines to vertical or horizontal directions. |
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