Graphics
To Draw Polygons

You can draw polygons manually, one side at a time. You can create them with as many sides as you wish.

  1. Select the polygon tool from the tool bar.

  2. Click where you want the first side to begin, move the pointer, and click where you want the first side to end.
    You don't drag to draw a polygon.

  3. Draw as many sides as you want. Each click with the pointer tool draws another side.

  4. To end the second-to-last side, and to automatically draw the last side, double click. When you double-click, RSG completes the polygon by drawing the last side, which ends at the starting point.

TIP! To create an open-sided polygon, press the Option key before double-clicking so that RSG does not automatically draw the last side. Or you can double-click the polygon to see the polygon specification sheet. Press Outline and choose the open-sided icon from the palette. If you create more polygons, they all stay selected until you choose another tool.

NOTE: When you draw a polygon, the Snap To feature of an active layout grid or guide is temporarily turned off. But if you later resize the object and Snap To is active, the object snaps to the active grid or guide.