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Drawing and Editing Objects

uTo draw a polygon

1. Perform the following operation: 3(Draw) – C:Polygon.

2. Move the pointer to the location on the display where you want a vertex of the polygon to be and then press w.

• Repeat this step as many times as required to specify the other vertices of the polygon.

3. To complete the polygon, move the pointer to the location of the fi rst vertex and then press w.

Note

If you press J in place of step 3, the fi gure will be fi nalized as-is, resulting in an unclosed non-polygon.

uTo draw a regular n-gon

1. Perform the following operation: 3(Draw) – D:Regular n-gon.

• This displays a dialog box prompting you to specify the number of sides.

2. Input a value from 3 to 12 and then press w.

3. Perform steps 2 through 4 under “To draw a triangle” (page 2-5).

• This will draw a regular n-gon using the number of sides you specifi ed in step 2.

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