Function

2-leg callout Tool        

The 2-leg callout tool is used to draw a callout with a two-segment leader line.

2-point line Tool          

The 2-point line tool is used to draw a straight two-point line segment.

3-point curve Tool       

The 3-point curve tool is used to draw a curve by defining the start, end, and center points.

3-point ellipse Tool                 

The 3-point ellipse tool is used to draw ellipses at an angle.

3-point rectangle Tool  

The 3-point rectangle tool is used to draw rectangles at an angle.

Anchor editing Tool

The Anchor editing tool is used to modify connector line anchor points.

Angular dimension Tool           

The Angular dimension tool is used to draw angular dimension lines.

Artistic media Tool

The Artistic media tool provides access to the Preset,    Brush, Sprayer, Calligraphic and Expression tools.

Attract and Repel Tool 

The Attract and Repel tool is used to shape objects by attracting nodes to the cursor or pushing nodes away from the cursor.

Attributes eyedropper            Tool    

The Attributes eyedropper tool is used to select and copy object properties, such as line thickness, size and effects, from an object on the drawing window.

Bézier Tool                 

The Bézier tool is used to draw curves one segment at a time.

Blend Tool

The Blend tool is used to blend two objects.

Block shadow Tool

The Block shadow tool is used to add solid vector shadows to objects and text.

B-spline Tool  

The B-spline tool lets you draw curved lines by setting control points that shape the curve without breaking it into segments.

Colour eyedropper tool            

The Colour eyedropper tool is used to select and copy a colour from an object on the drawing window or the desktop.

Connector Tool

The Connector tool is used to draw straight, right-angle, and rounded right-angle connector lines.

Contour Tool               

The Contour tool is used to apply a contour to an object.

Crop Tool

The Crop tool is used to remove unwanted areas in objects.

Freehand Tool

The Freehand tool is used to draw single line segments and curves.

Distort Tool

The Distort tool is used to apply a Push or Pull distortion, a Zipper distortion, or a Twister distortion to an object.

Drop shadow Tool

The Drop shadow tool is used to apply a drop shadow behind or below an object.

Ellipse Tool

The Ellipse tool is used to draw ellipses and circles

Envelope Tool 

The Envelope tool is used to shape an object by dragging the nodes of the envelope.

Eraser tool                   

The Eraser tool is used to remove areas of your drawing

Extrude Tool

The Extrude tool is used to apply the illusion of depth to objects.

Free Transform Tool

The Free transform tool is used to transform an object by using the Free rotation, Free angle reflection, Free scale, and Free skew tools.

Freehand Pick  Tool     

The Freehand pick tool is used to select objects by using a freehand selection marquee.

Graph paper Tool        

The Graph paper tool is used to draw a grid of lines similar to that on graph paper

Horizontal or vertical dimension Tool

The Horizontal or vertical dimension tool is used to draw horizontal or vertical dimension lines.

Impact Tool    

The Impact tool is used to create graphic effects in a style inspired by comic books and contemporary illustrations.

Inner shadow Tool

The Inner shadow tool is used to apply a shadow inside an object

Interactive fill Tool

The Interactive fill tool is used to apply various fills.

Knife tool                   

The Knife tool is used to slice objects, groups of objects, and bitmaps along any path you specify.

Live Sketch Tool         

The Live Sketch tool is used to sketch naturally with intelligent stroke adjustment.

Mesh fill tool                .

The Mesh fill tool is used to apply a mesh grid to an object

Outline Tool    

The Outline tool opens a fly out that gives you quick access to items such as the Outline pen dialog box and Outline colour dialog box. This tool is not displayed by default in the toolbox. 

Pan Tool         

The Pan tool is used to control which part of the drawing is visible in the drawing window.

Parallel dimension Tool

The Parallel dimension tool is used to draw slanted dimension lines.

Pen Tool

The Pen tool is used to draw curves one segment at a time.

Pick Tool

The Pick tool is used to select, size, skew, and rotate objects.     

Polyline Tool  

The Polyline tool is used to draw lines and curves in preview mode.

Rectangle Tool

The Rectangle tool is used to draw rectangles and squares.

Roughen tool   

The Roughen tool is used to distort the outline of a vector object by dragging along the outline.

Segment dimension Tool

The Segment dimension is used to you display the distance between end nodes in single or multiple segments.

Shape Tool

The Shape tool is used to edit the shape of objects.        

Smart drawing Tool     

The Smart drawing tool converts your freehand strokes to basic shapes and smoothed curves

Smart fill tool  

The Smart fill tool is used to create objects from enclosed areas and then apply a fill to those objects

Smear Tool

The Smear tool is used to shape an object by pulling extensions or making indents along its outline.

Smooth Tool

The Smooth tool is used to smooth curved objects to remove jagged edges and reduce the number of nodes

Smudge Tool   

The Smudge tool is used to distort a vector object by dragging along its outline

Table Tool                  

The Table tool is used to draw and edit tables.

Text Tool

The Text tool is used to type words directly on the screen as artistic or paragraph text.

Shape Tool      

The Common shapes tool is used to choose from a full set of shapes, including hexagram, a smiley face, and a right-angle triangle.   

Polygon Tool

The Polygon tool is used to draw symmetrical polygons and stars.

Spiral Tool      

The Spiral tool is used to draw symmetrical and logarithmic spirals.

Star Tool

The Star tool is used to draw perfect stars.

Transparency Tool

The Transparency tool is used to apply transparencies to objects.

Twirl Tool

The Twirl tool is used to create swirl effects by dragging along the edge of objects

Virtual segment delete             

The Virtual segment delete tool is used to delete portions of objects that are between intersections

Zoom Tool      

The Zoom tool is used to change the magnification level in the drawing window.