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Editing shapes and images
Any object in aspexDraw can be edited or changed in some way. Whether
it be a line, a circle, an image, some clipart or a group of objects,
there is plenty that can be done to alter its appearance.
Objects on the screen can be scaled, rotated, flipped and mirrored,
re-coloured, other styles can be changed, or the image can be bent!
The following examples are a taster for what aspexDraw will do.
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Mirror, Flip and Rotate. |
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1. letter 'L' made with the line tool
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2. Mirror image |
3. Flipped image |
4. Rotated image |
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Editing lines |
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5. Image displayed in edit mode
showing 'point' nodes |
6. New points added by clicking
on the line |
7. Points dragged by mouse |
8. The transformed shape |
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Curved Lines |
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1. A curved line in edit mode |
2. Square with points added
on bottom line |
3. Line converted to curve |
4. Curve manipulated
to form an archway |
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Isometric View |
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1. Make a rectangle |
2. Convert it to isometric |
3. Change the colour
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12. Add some clipart |
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Bending Images |
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The 'Bend' button enables one to bend an
image into a different shape. Select the image to bend, then drag each
corner in turn to fit the new shape. In this example a photo has been
bent to fit onto a computer screen in an isometric view |
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Making Holes |
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Make a rectangle with circles on it. Copy it
and convert the copy to left isometric view |
Ditto but this time convert the copy to right
isometric view |
Ditto and convert the copy to floor view. Or simply draw the shapes
from scratch with the aid of the isometric grid |
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Use the merge tool to merge all the shapes
together,
producing holes in place of the circles |
Move all the parts together ... |
... to make a dice with holes |
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Objects can be:
Click here to see a summary of
all the other editing
features available in aspexDraw. |
Selected |
1. The screen is comprised of thousands of pixels. An object will become
selected when any pixel on that object is clicked. For example, if the
screen was covered with a confusing array of lines it is easy to select
the desired line by accurately clicking the mouse on any part of the
desired line.
2. Drag the mouse over a picture, and any objects that it touches
will become selected.
3. Set the option 'inclusive selection' to select only those objects
enclosed by the mouse bounding box.
When an object is selected, a bounding box will appear with grab
handles attached to it for scaling and rotating the object. |
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Moved |
Press the mouse over an object and move the object to another part of
the screen. aspexDraw makes an educated guess as to whether you are
trying to move the object or select it!
In other words one can move an object without it being cluttered with
a bounding box. |
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Rotated |
Any selected object can be rotated by a set amount using a menu, by a
specified amount using keyboard input, or freely using the mouse. |
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Scaled |
Apply scaling using the the mouse to drag grab handles on the selected
object, or type an amount to scale it in both X and/or Y planes. |
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Flipped |
A menu option enables you to 'flip' an object, or create a mirror image
in the vertical plane. |
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Mirror |
Make a mirror image of the object. |
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Grouped |
Group several objects together to form a single object. |
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Brought to front |
Bring a selected object to the front of the picture. |
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Put to back |
Send a selected object to the back f the picture. |
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Graded |
When two objects with the same number of points are grouped together,
draw will generate or morph a series of shapes between them which
gradually change from the size, shape and colour one to the size, shape,
and colour of the other. |
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Locked |
Lock a shape into position, particularly useful for backgrounds and
worksheets. |
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Cloned |
Setting an object with the clone effect enables one to drag unlimited
clones from that object. For example, when make a classroom, place
a chair on the screen and set it to clone; then while designing the
classroom one can drag more chairs into the room at any time. |
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