To rotate the lines that you spray

1Select the spraylist that you want to adjust.

2Click the Rotation button on the property bar.

3Type a value between zero and 360 in the Angle box on the property bar.

If you want each object in the spray to rotate incrementally, enable the Use Increment check box and type a value in the Increment box.

4Enable one of the following options:

•Path based — rotates objects in relation to the line

•Page based — rotates objects in relation to the page

5Press Enter.

To offset the lines that you spray

1Select a spraylist.

2Click the Offset button on the property bar.

3Enable the Use offset check box to offset objects from the path of the line sprayed. If you want to adjust the offset distance, type a new value in the Offset box.

4Choose an offset direction from the Offset direction list box.

If you want to alternate between the left and right of the line, choose Alternating.

To create a new spray list

1Click Effects ` Artistic media.

2Select an object, a set of grouped objects, or a symbol.

3Click the Save button on the Artistic media docker.

4Enable Object sprayer.

5Click OK.

6Type a filename in the Filename box.

7Click Save.

Drawing flow and dimension lines

You can draw flow lines in flowcharts and organizational charts to connect chart shapes. Objects stay connected by these lines even when you move one or both objects. For

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information about drawing flowchart shapes, see “Drawing predefined shapes” on page 70.

You can draw callout lines that label and draw attention to objects.

You can also draw dimension lines to indicate the distance between two points in a drawing or the size of objects. Dimension lines and the measurements shown on the lines change with an object. You can also set how dimension lines are displayed.

Dimension lines can show the sizes of parts of an object.

To draw a flow line between two or more objects

To	Do the following
Draw a flow line	Open the Curve flyout	, and
	click the Interactive connector tool .
	Drag from a node on one object to a node on
	another object.
Move a flow line	Select a flow line using the Shape tool	,
	and drag the node you want to move.

You can draw a flow line horizontally or vertically, but not both. All angles in a flow line, therefore, are right angles.

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To draw a callout

1Open the Curve flyout , and click the Dimension tool .

2Click the Callout tool on the property bar.

3Click where you want the first callout segment to start.

4Click where you want the second segment to start.

5Type the callout text.

When you draw a callout line, a text cursor displays at the end of line, showing where to type a label for the object.

To draw a dimension line

1Open the Curve flyout , and click the Dimension tool .

2On the property bar, click one of the following buttons:

•Vertical dimension tool

•Horizontal dimension tool

•Slanted dimension tool

3Click the start and end points of the dimension line.

4Click where you want to place the dimension text.

You can also

Draw an angular dimension line Open the Curve flyout , and click the Dimension tool. Click the

Angular dimension tool button on the property bar. Click where you want the two lines that measure the angle to intersect. Click where you want the first line to end, and click where you want the second line to end. Click where you want the angle’s label to appear.

To set how the dimension units are displayed

1Select a dimension line.

2Click the Show units for dimension button on the property bar.

3On the property bar, choose options from the following list boxes:

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• Dimension style

• Dimension precision

• Dimension units

You can also

Specify the position of the dimension units	Click the Text position drop down button
	on the property bar, and click a text
	position.
Change the point size and font of the	Select a dimension line. Click Text `Format
dimension units	text. Choose a font style from the Font list
	box, and type a value in the Size box.

From here

For more information about	In the Help index, see
drawing using shape recognition	drawing, using shape recognition
Setting the miter limit	miter limit

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