Draw a shape, then hold the stroke until the ink snaps into place. Shapes can be styled and manipulated like regular handwriting.
You can create perfect circles, ellipses, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, hexagons, and arrows.
Enable Perfect Shapes
In the Library, go to
> Note Editor > Handwriting & Drawing > Shapes Detection.Tap to select a shape, using any tool except the hand tool. Tap the shape with the Apple Pencil or one finger; two fingers if not using the Apple Pencil.
To expand or minimize a shape, tap and hold while creating it.
The red lines are snapping guidelines to help keep shapes aligned with other shapes and the grid paper.
Stroke and Fill Color
Tap to select the shape, then tap on the style menu to select Stroke and Fill.
Locked Shapes (Only available with Notability Cloud)
Draw a shape.
Tap to select the shape.
On the menu that appears, tap Lock.
To unlock, select the shape and tap Unlock.
Tips
Rectangles and ovals can be resized proportionally using two fingers.
To change a triangle’s shape, tap on a point.
Choose a point on a straight line to move it.
Draw curved lines with three points for adjustments. This can also snap back into a straight line.
Draw perfect arrows, starting with the line first.
Shapes can also be drawn using the eraser. Select the partial eraser, draw a shape and hold down for a second until the shape autocorrects into a Perfect Shape.