Drawing lines, outlines, and brush strokes
CorelDRAW allows you to add lines and brush strokes by using a
variety of tools and techniques, you
can draw lines or apply brush strokes to those lines that you draw. you can also format them to suit you want as well as formatting the outlines that bound the
objects. You can also apply a spray objects along a line. Flow and dimensional
lines can also be created in drawings. Lines are created by using shape
recognition.
How to Drawing lines
A path
between two point is known as a line. it has multiple segments, either curved or straight. The segments are connected by nodes, which are depicted as small squares. You can use various drawing tools to construct or draw curved and straight lines, and lines containing both curved and straight segments.
Freehand and Polyline tools
The Freehand
and Polyline allows you to draw freehand lines as if you were sketching on a pad. If you make a mistake while drawing, you can erase the unwanted part immediately and continue drawing. When drawing straight lines or segments, you can constrain them to straight vertical or horizontal lines. You can
control the smoothness of the curved line you are drawing as well as adding segments
to an existing line. However, the polyline tool is easier to use for quicker
drawing complex line which consists of alternating curved and straight
segments.
How to Draw lines with Freehand Tool/Polyline
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Drag the mouse like a pencil on paper.
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To erase as you draw, hold down Shift,
and drag backwards.
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To draw a straight line, click where
you want the line to begin, and then click where you want it to end.
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To set options, double-click the Freehand
tool.
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To change a line or curve’s shape,
click the Shape
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How to Draw Line with a Polyline Tool
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To draw a straight segment, click
where you want to start the line segment, and then click where you want to
end it. You can hold down the shift key or ctrl key to get it
perfectly.
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To draw a curved segment, click where
you want to start the segment, and then drag across the drawing page.
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To end the line, double-click.
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Bézier and Pen tools
The Bézier/Pen tools is used
to draw one segment at a time by placing each node with precision and
controlling shape of each segments you are drawing.
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To
start drawing, click in the drawing window.
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To draw a straight line, point to where
you want to end the line, and then click.
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To draw a curve, drag to define it,
holding down Ctrl
if you want to constrain the curve to 15-degree increments.
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To stop drawing, press the Spacebar.
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To set options, double-click the Bézier
tool.
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3 point curve tool
The 3 point
curve tool is use to draw simple curved lines by specifying
their width and height. You can use this tool to create an arc shapes quickly
without manipulating nodes.
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To define the start and end points of
the curve, click where you want to start the curve, and then drag to where
you want the curve to end.
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To define the center point of the
curve, release the mouse button, and then click where you want the center of
the curve to be.
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Smart drawing tool
The Smart drawing tool lets you use shape recognition to draw straight and curved lines.
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To draw a shape or a line by using
shape recognition, draw a shape or a line in the drawing window.
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The freehand stroke that you draw is
converted to a basic shape or smoothed curve.
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To erase as you draw, hold down Shift
and drag backward.
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To specify shape recognition
settings, use the property bar.
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