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Drawing Basic Shapes
This button lets you insert a new gluepoint. If the object is filled, the point can be
inserted anywhere within the object and not only on its contour. After you've
chosen this tool, click on the object to add the gluepoints.
The gluepoints remain visible for as long as the button is pressed down. They are
displayed as little blue crosses and the gluepoint that is currently selected appears
highlighted. You can move the gluepoints with the mouse and delete them with the
[Del] key.
These four buttons let you choose the directions of movement that are allowed
around the junction of a connector gluepoint. You can also select several of these
buttons for any given gluepoint. Here's an example of their use:
Here's a very simple drawing to which a gluepoint has been added.
By default, connector lines can attach themselves to this point from any direction.
Now click on the . The effect of this is to force any connector placed on the
gluepoint to come in from the left as shown in the following drawing:
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