The Pencil Tool has been improved to facilitate better curve-fitting, auto-closing of paths, and drawing of constrained and unconstrained straight line segments.
Presets
Double-click the Pencil Tool icon in the Toolbox to open the Pencil Tool Options dialog. The Fidelityslider has four presets you can choose from. The leftmost slider preset (Accurate) is most accurate for drawing paths. The rightmost slider preset (Smooth) creates the smoothest paths. Choose a preset that suits your drawing needs best.
Auto-closing paths
When the endpoints of a path you are drawing are in close proximity and within a certain predefined number of pixels of each other, the path-close cursor (
) is shown. When you release the mouse button, such a path is closed automatically.
) is shown. When you release the mouse button, such a path is closed automatically.
The predefined number of pixels is set in the Pencil Tool Options dialog box > Within field.
Drawing constrained or unconstrained straight segments
You can use the pencil tool to draw constrained or unconstrained straight segments. While drawing a straight segment, the straight-segment cursor (
) is displayed.
) is displayed.
Unconstrained straight segments
Hold the Alt/Opt key to draw unconstrained straight segments. However, to draw a polyline path:
- Draw a line segment.
- Do one of the following:
- Keeping the Shift or Alt/Opt key pressed, place the cursor at the endpoint of the line. When the path-continuation cursor (
) is displayed, click the mouse button and draw another line.
- Keeping the mouse button pressed, release and press the Shift or Alt/Opt key, and draw the next segment.
- Keeping the Shift or Alt/Opt key pressed, place the cursor at the endpoint of the line. When the path-continuation cursor (
Continuing a path
The continue-path cursor () is shown when the mouse pointer is within a predefined number of pixels from the endpoint.
) is shown when the mouse pointer is within a predefined number of pixels from the endpoint.
The predefined number of pixels is set in the Pencil Tool Options dialog box > Within field.
Merging paths
To merge two paths:
- Select the paths you want to merge.
- Extend one path, and bring it closer to the other path.
- When the path-merge cursor (
) appears, release the mouse button to merge the paths.
Presets
Double-click the Smooth Tool icon in the Toolbox to open the Smooth Tool Options dialog. A preset-based Fidelity slider is available for the Smooth tool.
Note:
The Smooth tool is no longer available by holding Alt/Opt key while using the Pencil tool.
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