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Drawing Basic Shapes

An introduction to the basic drawing methods

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Written by Holly Conrad Smith
Updated over 3 months ago

Getting started with drawing is as simple as selecting a tool and clicking on the map.

Draw a Rectangle

Draw a 4-sided polygon with 90 degree angles

3 click method

Select a rectangle-based tool, like a Building

Click on the map where you want to start the rectangle

Click again to define the width

Click again to define the length

2 click method

Select a rectangle-based tool, like a Building

Click on the map where you want to start the rectangle

Drag diagonally to define the length and width simultaneously

Release to complete the rectangle

Use the r shortcut to quickly create a rectangle

Draw a Polygon

Select a polygon based tool, like landscape

Click on the map where you want to start the polygon

Click again to have corners

Double click to close the polygon

Use the p shortcut to quickly create a polygon

Draw a Line

Select a line-based tool like a road.

Click on the map where you want to start the line

Click again to add a corner

Add as many corners as you wish

Double click to end the line

Use the l shortcut to quickly create a line

Draw a Point

Select a point-based tool, like an annotation

Click on the map where you would like to place the point

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