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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 can select a drawing mode for the Pencil tool.

To draw with the Pencil tool:

  1. Select the Pencil tool.
  2. Select Window > Properties and select a stroke color, line weight, and style in the Property inspector. See Using the Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the Property inspector.
  3. Select a drawing mode under Options in the toolbar:
    • Select Straighten to draw straight lines and convert approximations of triangles, ovals, circles, rectangles, and squares into these common geometric shapes.
    • Select Smooth to draw smooth curved lines.
    • Select Ink to draw freehand lines with no modification applied.

      Lines drawn with Straighten, Smooth, and Ink mode, respectively

  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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