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Drawing rectangles, ellipses, and lines
Rectangles, ellipses, and lines are the basic FreeHand shapes. You can draw basic shapes by dragging with one of these tools. You can also precisely adjust rectangles' size and position, and adjust the curve of rectangle corners.
Rectangles and ellipses are drawn as grouped objects. If you ungroup a rectangle or ellipse, FreeHand converts it to a path, and you can no longer edit it as a rectangle or ellipse.
To draw a rectangle, ellipse, or line:
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Click the Rectangle, Ellipse, or Line tool in the Tools panel. |
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Hold down the mouse button to start a path, drag to draw, and then release the mouse button to end the path. |
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To draw a rectangle, ellipse, or line from its center:
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) as you drag the respective tool.
To draw rectangles with curved corners:
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Double-click the Rectangle tool. |
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In the Rectangle Tool dialog box, enter a value or use the slider to adjust the corner radius, from 0 for a standard 90° corner to 100 for extremely curved corners. |
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Click OK. |
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Draw the rectangle. |
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To adjust the corners of a selected rectangle:
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Object to display the Object inspector. |
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Enter a value in the Corner Radius text box. Press Enter or Return. |
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