
Chapter 6: Creating Drawings with Draw
Callouts
1. Using the Callouts icon, drag the mouse from where the callout arrow should point,
to the point where the callout text should appear.
2. Release the mouse button.
3. Edit the size of the frame of the callout.
4. To start entering text into the callout, just double-click the line. The callout frame appears
with a wide gray border, indicating text edit mode.
5. Enter the callout text.
6. Change the line properties by clicking on the line, opening the context menu and clicking
on the Line command. Select arrowheads for the lines in the Style pull-down list on the
Line tab page.
Converting Text Into 3D
Selected text can be transformed into a 3D body by choosing Convert > To 3D from the
context menu. The 3D body will fill the area created for the text frame.
3D text can be rotated using the Rotate icon from the Effects floating toolbar on
the Main toolbar.
By clicking inside the delimiting frame and dragging with the mouse button pressed, the
object will rotate on all the axes at the same time. However, by clicking one of the eight
handles and dragging it with a pressed mouse button, the object rotates on only one axis.
The pivot point, which first appears as a small circle in the middle, can be moved. Thus,
while rotating the object, it rotates around the new pivot point. Open the 3D Effects window
by clicking the 3D Controller icon from which another, different illumination can be applied
to the 3D object. The 3D Effects window is described in more detail in Help.
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