The Autoshape tool is a special drawing tool that lets you quickly sketch in shapes. You simply drag your finger to sketch out the approximate shape and the Autoshape tool will turn your sketch into the appropriate object. The possible results are:
- A Rectangle
- A Circle/Ellipse
- A Cloud
- A Curve
- A Polyline, closed or open
- 5 Pointed Star
To draw an Autoshape:
- Select the Autoshape tool
- Place your finger on the screen where you want the shape to begin.
- Drag your finger in the shape you want to create.
- Lift your finger off the screen. This completes the shape.
- To make a closed shape lift your finger at the same point where you began the shape.
Editing Autoshapes
Since the autoshape tool creates standard shapes, rectangle etc., those shapes are edited by their type. However the Autoshape tool also creates three additional types: Polyline, Curve, Star (5 pointed).
Autoshapes (line, polyline, curve, ellipse, circle, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, star, autocloud, right-angled, equilateral and isosceles triangles)
Ellipse
If ellipse' radiuses are nearly equal, then it is drawn a circle
Line
Polyline
If end points are located nearby, the polyline is closed.
If the angle between the nearest line segments can be approximated to 90 degrees, right angle is made. The angles are approximated, when polygon points are moved.
Closed polyline with 3 points - triangle - can be right-angled, equilateral and isosceles.
Closed polyline with 4 points can be recognized as rectangle, square, parallelogram, trapezoid.
If end point of parallel side in a quadrangle is moved along parallel lines, the property of parallelism is being kept.
Right angles in quadrangle are adjusted as well.
Another form of polyline - star. At the input regular star is automatically generated, later it can be made irregular. Star can be edited by moving end points or inner/outer radius points.
Curved line is approximated by spline, it can be closed and unclosed
Autocloud is created when closed curved line can be approximated with a cloud markup