Inserting Polygon Lines

With Desktop Editor, you can insert a polygon line into a document as an annotation.
1.
Click (Connected Lines) on the ribbon.
Or, click (Connected Lines) on the Details Window.
The properties of the polygon line are displayed on the Details Window.
NOTE
If the Details Window is not displayed, see the following.
Displaying/Hiding the Details Window
This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them.
Setting Buttons on Toolbars
Lists of Ribbon Commands/Toolbars
When you want to insert polygon lines multiple times, double-click (Connected Lines) on the Details Window. When you double-click the button, it is locked while being selected and polygon lines can be inserted multiple times.
Perform one of the following operations to cancel the button selection.
Click the selected button on the Details Window again
Click another button on the Details Window
Click a command on the ribbon
Press the [Esc] key on the keyboard.
You can click (Insert Multiple) on the ribbon to insert multiple annotations. For more information, see the following.
Inserting Multiple Annotations
2.
Specify the properties of the polygon line.
[Line Style]
Select the line style you want to use from the list displayed when you click .
[Line Weight]
Set the line thickness. You can specify a line thickness from 0.25 point to 12.00 point. You can specify a line thickness in units of 0.25 point by using . If it is entered directly, you can enter up to two decimal places.
[Begin Style]
Select the style for the beginning of the line you want to use from the list displayed when you click .
[End Style]
Select the style for the end of the line you want to use from the list displayed when you click .
[Line Color]
Select the line color you want to use from the list displayed when you click . When you want to use a color that is not available in the list, select [More Colors].
[Shape Fill]
Select the color of the arrow to fill with that you selected in [Begin Style] and [End Style] from the list displayed when you click . When you want to use a color that is not available in the list, select [More Colors].
NOTE
The type of line selected in [Line Style] is not applied to the arrow selected in [Begin Style] or [End Style].
If you select [More Colors] in [Line Color] or [Shape Fill], the [Color] dialog box is displayed and you can set a color that is not listed in [Line Color] or [Shape Fill].
You can also configure the properties of the annotation with the following commands.
(Line Style)
(Line Weight)
(Begin)
(End)
(Line Color)
(Fill)
If commands are not displayed on the ribbon of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them.
Adding Commands to Ribbons
This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them.
Setting Buttons on Toolbars
Lists of Ribbon Commands/Toolbars
3.
Move the mouse pointer to the Work Window.
The shape of the mouse pointer changes to .
NOTE
To cancel the insertion process, do one of the following.
Click (Select Object) on the ribbon
Click  (Select Text) on the ribbon
Click  (Grab Mode) on the ribbon
Click the command selected on the ribbon again
Click (Select Object) on the Details Window
Click  (Select Text) on the Details Window
Click  (Grab Mode) on the Details Window
Click the selected button on the Details Window again
Press the [Esc] key on the keyboard
4.
Click the Work Window to specify the starting point for the polygon line.
5.
Click the location where you want to create a vertex.
Each time you click the mouse, the vertices are joined with straight lines.
NOTE
You can press the [BACKSPACE] key on the keyboard to cancel a vertex you just made.
You can create horizontal vertices, vertical vertices, and vertices at 45 degree angles by clicking the mouse pointer while holding down the [Shift] key on the keyboard.
You can press the [Esc] key on the keyboard to clear all the specified vertices.
6.
Create two or more vertices, and press the [Enter] key on the keyboard.
Or, create one or more vertex, and double-click the mouse when creating the final vertex.
The polygon line is created.
NOTE
The following occurs if you perform an operation that prevents additional vertices from being specified, such as clicking somewhere other than the Work Window while drawing.
If you have specified two or more vertices, the polygon line is fixed.
If you have specified one vertex, the specified vertex is cleared.
You can drag the handle of a vertex to move that vertex. For more information, see the following.
Resizing Annotations
7.
Click on the Work Window outside the polygon line you inserted to deselect the polygon line.
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