Working with tools in CorelDraw _ Part 4

Pick Tool

Selects objects or groups of objects. Once selected, you can use the Pick Tool of move, stretch, scale, rotate, and skew objects.

Shape Tool

Reshapes objects. Objects are reshaped by moving nodes, lines, and control points.

Smudge Brush Tool

Change the shape of an object by dragging along its outline.

Roughen Brush Tool

Distort the edge of an object by dragging along its outline.

Free Transform Tool

Rotates, skew, mirror and scale objects.

Crop Tool

Remove the areas outside a selection.

 

Knife  Tool

The Knife Tool slices a line between two points across a line or a closed object. Slice an object to split it into two separate objects.

Eraser  Tool

The Eraser Tool disconnects line segments or parts of an object by removing them. Remove unwanted areas in a drawing.

Virtual Segment Delete Tool

Delete portions of objects that are between intersection.

 

Zoom Tool

Changes the current view of the drawing. You can also select magnification options from the Property Bar in the Zoom mode.

Pan Tool

Drag hidden areas of a drawing into view without changing the zoom level. Allows you to move about the page with precision. With a work area of 250 feet , it is easy to get lost. This allows you to move the page as if you could use your hand.

Freehand Tool

Draws lines and curves. You can also use this tool to trace bitmaps. The first tool on the Curves fly out is used for creating freehand lines (similar to scribbling). While holding the Control key your lines are constrained to 15-degree angles. This helps you draw simple straight lines. Draw curves and straight line segments.

2-Point Line Tool

Draw a straight line by drawing from the starting point to the end point.

Bezier Tool

The second tool on the Curves flyout is used to create curved lines by using special control points. The  Bezier Tool  creates curves by adding control points to the line segments. These control points are used to bend the lines as you draw. It is one of the more difficult tools to use. Draw curves one segment at a time.

Artistic Media Tool

Add artistic brush, spray and calligraphic effects by using freehand strokes. The third tool on the Curves Flyout acts as an calligraphy pen, a paint brush or an image sprayer. 

Pen Tool

The fourth tool on the Curves Flyout allows you to draw curves one segment at a time. It is similar to the Bezier tool. Draw curves in segments, and preview each segment as you draw.

B-Spline Tool

Draw curved lines by setting control points that shape the curve without breaking it into segments.

Polyline Tool

The fifth tool on the Curves Flyout allows you to draw connected straight lines and curves one segment at a time without double clicking. Draw connected curves and straight lines in one continuous action.

3-Point Curve Tool

The sixth tool on the Curves Flyout allows you to specify both the height and width of a curve as you draw it. It works very much like the 3-point ellipse tool. Draw a curve by dragging from starting point to the endpoint and then positioning the center point.

Smart Fill Tool

Create objects from overlapping areas, and apply a fill to those objects.

Smart Drawing Tool

Converts the freehand strokes you draw to basic shapes and smoothed curves.

Rectangle Tool

Draws rectangles and squares. Squares are created by using the Control key while drawing. Used for creating basic rectangles and squares. Squares are created when holding down the Control key as you draw. The flyout gives you the three-point rectangle tool.

3-Point Rectangular Tool

Draw rectangles at an angle.

Ellipse Tool

Draws ellipses and circles. Circles are created by holding down the Control key as you draw. Used for creating basic elliptical (oval) shapes and circles. If you need circles, hold down the Control key while drawing. The flyout give you the three-point ellipse tool.

3-Point Ellipse Tool

Draw ellipses at an angle.

Polygon Tool

Draw polygons by dragging in the drawing window.

Star Tool

Draw uniform, outlined star. This is a collection of 12 stars and star bursts. The polygon tool will create a 5- pointed star but with internal lines. This tool creates a 5-pointed star without internal lines.

Complex Star Tool

Draw stars that have intersecting sides.

Graph Paper Tool

Draws a collection of boxes that simulates a sheet of graph paper. The Graph Paper Tool is used to create a group of identical boxes that simulate at sheet of graph paper. When the Fly out is activated you can also select the Spiral and Polygon Tools. Draw a grid.

Spiral Tool

Draw symmetrical and logarithmic spirals.

Basic Shapes Tool

This is a collection of 15 basic shapes you can use as the foundation of an object. Draw triangles, circles, cylinders, hearts, and other shapes.

Arrow Shapes Tool

Draw arrows of various shape and direction. This is a collection of 21 different types of arrows to use with a drawing.

Flowchart Shapes Tool

This is a collection of 23 shapes commonly used in a flow chart. Draw flowchart symbols.

Banner Shapes Tool

Draw ribbon objects and explosion shapes.

Callout Shapes Tool

This is a collection of 6 text balloons for use as callouts in both cartooning and technical drawing. Draw labels and speech bubbles.

Text Tool

Adds either Artistic or Paragraph text to your drawing. Add and edit paragraph and artistic text.

Table Tool 

Draw, select, and edit tables. You can create rows and columns using with tool and table menu also. 

Parallel Dimension Tool

Draw slanted dimension lines.

Horizontal or Vertical Dimension

Draw horizontal or vertical dimension lines.

Angular Dimension Tool

Draw angular dimension lines.

Segment Dimension Tool

Display the distance between end nodes on single or multiple segments.

3-Point Callout Tool

Draw a call out with a two-segment leading line.

Connector Line Tool

The seventh tool on the Curves Flyout creates dynamic connectors between shapes as in a flow chart. Its having 4 types of tools. Straight line connector tool, Right angle connector tool, round right angle connector tool and edit anchor tool.

Dimension Line Tool

The eighth tool on the Curves Flyout creates dimension lines for technical and architectural drawings.

Interactive Blend Tool

The Blend Tool allows you to merger objects together through a series of steps. The flyout gives access to several more interactive tools that are described on the following pages.

Contour

Creates a blend using the outline of the selected object. Much improved over  previous versions of the effect.

Distort

Changes an object based on the nodes that created the object. Default mode is called Push-Pull, others are zipper and twister. The pattern and amount of distortion is determined by the direction of drag, distance of drag and original location of the nodes.

Envelope

Allows you to distort an object by placing a container or envelope around the object to constrain the distortion. Distortions can be mirrored on the object and the direction of distortion is controlled.

Extrude

Allow you to extend an object as if it were three dimensional. You can control the fills, light source, and beveling of the surfaces.

Drop Shadow

Allows you to create the illusion of a shadow for an object. Text will remain editable and the shadow will reform as the text is edited. You can change the color, edge feathering, and opacity of the shadow.

Transparency

Allows you to create a screening effect over an image. You can change the color, percent of cover, direction of the gradient, and type of gradient.

Eyedropper Tool

The Eyedropper Tool allows you to select a color within an object, especially a bitmap, and allows you to apply that color to another object. You can also capture the color for a customized palette. The flyout gives access to the paint bucket that applies the color.

Attributes eyedropper

it can use for gradient and patterns and etc.,

Outline Tool

Sets the outline style of an object or a line. This includes the line type, ends, color, and weight. The flyout gives quick access to some changes.

Uniform Fill

Opens a color dialog box that allows you to change palettes, mix colors, and apply solid colors to selected objects.

Fountain Fill

Creates a gradient fill. Gradients are formed by merging multiple colors together.

Pattern Fill

Fills the object by tiling the pattern. You can select from one of the standard fills or create custom fill patterns.

Texture Fill

Applies a fractal fill. Textures are created using bitmap images. The texture can be edited extensively by the user. Many sample fills are provided as a starting point.

PostScript Fill

Fills the object with a selected PostScript fill pattern. These will print only on a PostScript printer. Because of the complex nature of these fills, they only display in Enhanced View.

No Fill

Removes the fill of selected objects. It is the same thing as selecting the invisible fill from the Color Palette.

Color Docker

Used to create color and apply it to either the Fill or Outline of an object.

Interactive Fill Tool

Allows you to apply Fountain fills (gradients) using the mouse. The flyout gives access to the Mesh fill Tool.

Mesh Fill Tool

A type of fill that lets you add patches of color to the inside of a selected object. If the mesh object contains color, adjusting the intersection nodes of the mesh affects how the colors blend together.

Smear Tool

The Smear tool lets you shape an object by pulling extensions or making indents along its outline.

Twirl

The Twirl tool lets you create swirl effects by dragging along the edge of objects.

Attract

The Attract tool lets you shape objects by attracting nodes to the cursor.

Repel

The Repel tool lets you shape objects by pushing away nodes from the cursor.

Roughen tool

The roughen tool lets you distort the outline of a vector object by dragging along the outline.