LibreOffice-Suite-Draw/C3/Edit-Curves-and-Polygons/English
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Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on: Editing Curves and Polygons in LibreOffice Draw. |
Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Editing Curves and Polygons in LibreOffice Draw.
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Learning Objectives To edit Curves and Polygons. |
In this tutorial, you will learn how To edit Curves and Polygons in Draw. |
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Prerequisites For this tutorial, you should have basic knowledge of LibreOffice Draw. If not, for relevant tutorials please visit http://spoken-tutorial.org |
For this tutorial, you should have basic knowledge of LibreOffice Draw. If not, for relevant tutorials please visit this website. |
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System Requirements Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4 |
Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. |
Switch to Routemap drawing
<<Enable the grid display if it is not visible. But do not record this part>> |
Let us open our Routemap drawing once again. |
Point to the Curves and Polygons in the drawing | Previously, we learnt to draw curves and polygons.
Now let us learn how to edit them. |
Point to the School Campus shape in the drawing | Let’s change the shape of the School Campus. |
We will use the Edit Points toolbar to do this. | |
Go to the Main menu >> Click View >> select Toolbars >> click Edit Points. | From the Main menu, click View, select Toolbars, and click Edit Points. |
Point to the Edit Points toolbar. | The Edit Points toolbar is displayed. |
Select the polygon “School Campus”. | Now, let us select the polygon “School Campus”. |
Click the “Points” icon on the Edit Points tool bar. | Click the “Points” icon on the “Edit Points” tool bar. |
Point the mouse to show that the green selection handles have changed to blue edit points. | In the object, the green selection handles will change to blue edit points.
This indicates you are in the Edit point mode. |
On the Edit Points toolbar >> click on the Insert points icon. | On the “Edit Points” toolbar, click on the “Insert points” icon. |
Move to the Draw page.
You will see a plus sign for the cursor. |
Move to the Draw page.
The cursor will turn into a plus sign. |
Place this plus sign on the left side outline of the School Campus polygon. | Place this plus sign on the left of the School Campus polygon. |
Press the left mouse button and drag right.
Release the button. Ensure you just added a point and did not change the shape in any way. |
Press the left mouse button and drag it to the right.
Release the button. You have inserted a point. |
Click on the point that was inserted. | Now, click on the point that was inserted. |
The options in the “Edit Points” toolbar are enabled. | |
Go to Edit Points toolbar >> Symmetric Transition. | Click on “Symmetric Transition”. |
Select the dotted control line. | The dotted control line appears next to the point. |
Drag the control line to change the shape. |
Let’s drag the control line outwards to change the shape of the campus.
The shape has changed! |
From the Edit Points toolbar, click Points. |
To exit, from the Edit Points toolbar, click Points. |
Point to the campus.
Point to the top right corner point. |
Now let’s elongate the campus to the right side.
Let’s specifically move only the last point on the top right. |
Select the School Campus polygon. | Select the School Campus polygon. |
From the Main menu >> select Edit >> click Points. | Let’s enable the “Edit Points” toolbar. |
Point to the blue edit points that appear on the object. | The blue edit points appear on the object. |
Select the point to the extreme right, the one on the top corner of the polygon. | Let us select this point. |
From the Edit Points toolbar >> select Move points. | On the Edit Points toolbar, click “Move points”. |
Use the mouse and point that the selected point becomes dark blue. | You will see that the selected point becomes dark blue. |
Drag the point a little to the right. | Now let’s drag the point to the right. |
Point to the grid on the extreme right side. | We can use the grid to position objects as per our requirement. |
We have changed the shape of the School Campus again! | |
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Assignment Draw a curve Apply all the options from the Edit Points toolbar on it Practice a lot to master the Edit Points toolbar |
Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.
Draw a curve and Apply all the options from the Edit Points toolbar on it. Remember you need a lot of practice to master the Edit Points toolbar. |
Group all the objects in the map.
Press Ctrl + A Key the keyboard and Right Click And select Group |
Lastly, let us group all the objects in the map.
Now select Group. All the objects are grouped now. |
The map is complete! | |
Point to the buildings, roads, junctions. | You can also color the buildings;
add roads using lines, add traffic signals and any other detail you require. <pause> |
Display the sample coloured routemap. | Here is our sample coloured routemap. |
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Summary |
This brings us to the end of this tutorial In this tutorial, we have learnt how To edit Curves and Polygons. |
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Comprehensive Assignment
Create the map shown on this slide. |
Here is another assignment for you. Create the map shown on this slide. |
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About the Spoken Tutorial Project
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