Polygon

Click the Home | Draw | Area | Polygon command to draw an irregularly shaped area. Polygons must have at least two vertices (points).

Polygon Properties

Polygons contain two types of properties: line properties and fill properties. You can change these properties in the Property Manager.

To draw a polygon:

Click the Home | Draw | Area | Polygon command.
Move the cross hair cursor over the location for the start of the polygon and click the left mouse button.
Move the cursor to the next position along the line and click again.
Continue this procedure until you click the final point, and then press the ENTER key. Alternatively set the final point by double-clicking the left mouse button. The first and last points are automatically connected and the new polygon is drawn.
Press the ESC key, click the Polygon command, or click another command to exit drawing mode.

Polygon
This shows a
Polygon drawn
through three points.

Click points on the page to draw individual points, or click and hold the left mouse button and drag the pointer to draw a continuous stream of points. When drawing a stream of points the plot window auto-scrolls to keep the cursor in the plot window.
Click the right mouse button to remove the last drawn point. This can be done repeatedly.
If the CTRL key is pressed while clicking points, the points are constrained to 45-degree angles.
Double-click the left mouse button or press the ENTER key to close the polygon.
To cancel drawing a polygon, press the ESC key before closing the polygon.
Edit the polygon shape by using the Draw | Reshape command.
Line and fill properties are set through the Property Manager.
Line and fill default properties are set through the File | Options command.
Drawing mode is persistent for each individual plot document. You can switch to other documents or applications, and polygon drawing mode will still be enabled when you return to the plot document. Other plot documents may have a different draw tool or the select tool enabled.