You can quickly create a multisided figure with these steps:
- Click the Polygon icon
in the Draw toolbox or select Polygon from the Draw menu.
- Position the cursor
in the drawing window.
- Move the cursor and click once to place each vertex.
- As you create the sides of the polygon, each vertex is automatically assigned a letter name. You can change the label in Select
mode.
- When you create the last side of the polygon by clicking on the first vertex, the polygon will be filled with the default fill color, style and transparency.
- To change the appearance of the polygon (color or style), select
it, right click, and choose All Properties from the context menu.
- Polygon is a modal command. You can continue making polygons until you choose the select arrow or another drawing tool.
Polygons can be filled with the color, style, and transparency level of your choice. See the Edit /Preferences menu, Geometry tab to set the default. To change the color / style /transparency level of selected polygons, select the polygon(s), right-click, and select All Properties from the Selection Context menu (or Edit / Properties from the menu bar).
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