4 | CorelDRAW 2017 User Guide
Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 165
Drawing rectangles and squares...................................................................................................................................................165
Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes.............................................................................................................................. 168
Drawing polygons and stars......................................................................................................................................................... 170
Drawing spirals.............................................................................................................................................................................172
Drawing grids...............................................................................................................................................................................172
Drawing predefined shapes.......................................................................................................................................................... 173
Drawing by using shape recognition............................................................................................................................................ 174
Shaping objects.................................................................................................................................................................................. 177
Using curve objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 178
Selecting and moving nodes........................................................................................................................................................ 178
Manipulating segments................................................................................................................................................................ 180
Joining curves............................................................................................................................................................................... 181
Copying and cutting segments..................................................................................................................................................... 183
Adding, removing, joining, and aligning nodes............................................................................................................................ 183
Using node types..........................................................................................................................................................................185
Transforming nodes...................................................................................................................................................................... 186
Breaking the path of curve objects...............................................................................................................................................187
Mirroring changes in curve objects...............................................................................................................................................188
Skewing and stretching objects.................................................................................................................................................... 189
Smudging and smearing objects.................................................................................................................................................. 190
Roughening objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 193
Smoothing objects........................................................................................................................................................................195
Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes..................................................................................................................196
Applying distortion effects............................................................................................................................................................197
Adding twirl effects...................................................................................................................................................................... 200
Shaping objects by using envelopes............................................................................................................................................. 200
Cropping and erasing objects.......................................................................................................................................................203
Splitting objects............................................................................................................................................................................206
Trimming objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 209
Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners................................................................................................................................ 211