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Draw custom shapes with the Pen tool

Draw custom shapes with the Pen tool - OmniGraffle Tutorial

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Draw custom shapes with the Pen tool

As we've seen, we have a lot of options in working with shapes, both with the Shape tool and with the Stencils. However, if you need to make a completely custom shape, there's another tool called the Pen tool that's very useful. Let's see how it works. I'm going to activate my Pen tool here and it's in the regular part of the toolbar. No need to extend the toolbar. So, once I have it activated, you will see that the first click I make starts a line or a shape and then, wherever I drag, that continues. So, in this case, I want to make sort of a five sided object, something like home plate, and so I will make the bottom, another click for that corner, one for sort of the peak of that house shape. And then, when I get to my last corner point, just a double click will end the shape. So, you see that is now a shape that is custom. And, because I only had single use on the Pen tool, I reverted to the Selection tool. And, as you can see, I can make all of the adjustments that we're used to…

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