8 Welcome
• Dimension Lines and Scale Setting
Click a couple of times to take linear or angular measurements of any
object on the page—DrawPlus displays the dimension using your
choice of ruler units, at your specified scale (say, one inch to two feet).
Dimensions update when objects are moved or resized! Design room
layouts, make maps, draw scale models, and more.
• Connectors
For drawing dynamic flow diagrams, schematics, family trees, and
organization charts, connectors let you link your boxes and symbols
and then rearrange at will. Connection points stay put on each object...
keeping connections intact. Auto Connectors intelligently display
bridges at line crossings, and even route themselves around
obstructive objects. Perfect in combination with the Gallery tab's
exciting range of office flow chart symbols or with ever dependable
QuickShapes.
• Intelligent Curve Tracing
Simply “connect the dots” to trace around curved objects and
pictures... the Pen Tool features Smart segments that use automatic
curve-fitting to connect each node!
• Brushes
Unleash the painter within you, with DrawPlus's powerful Paintbrush
Tool and the supporting Brush tab's galleries! Pick from natural media
brush types such as acrylic, charcoal, dry paint, pastel, pen, and
watercolour, or create your own. Use brush-specific pressure
properties—especially good for natural brush textures. Recolour
photo brushes in an instant! Using a pressure-sensitive pen tablet?
Pressure sensitivity is supported (via a Pressure tab) with preset or
custom pressure profiles and control over the maximum and
minimum pressure applied.
• QuickShapes
QuickShapes work like intelligent clipart… or the most powerful set of
drawing tools you’ve ever envisaged. Even extremely complex shapes
like spirals, stars, and webs are simple to draw and customize using
QuickShapes. Type text directly into any shape!
