Page 166 - Xara Designer Pro X17

166 Drawing Lines and Shapes

X/Y co-ordinates are relative to the bottom left corner of the page by default for print
document and top left for web documents. You can change this in the Grid and ruler (on
page 630) tab in the options dialog.

If the selected point is on the end of a straight line section, the left fields show the length
and angle of the line. You can adjust either by entering a new value and pressing return.

Length and angle for straight line
Position of selected point
Position of curve handle

Smoothing a line

Imported shapes or shapes from tracers may have unnecessary points on a line. Lines
with too many points can be unwieldy and can slow down rendering. Xara Designer Pro
X can smooth the line to remove unnecessary points.

Select all the points on the part of the line you want to smooth (see above). Drag
selecting around the region in the SHAPE TOOL is probably the easiest way to select a
large number of points.

Drag the smoothing slider on the end of the SHAPE
TOOL InfoBar.

Tip: to make sure important points are not deleted, make sure they are not selected
("Shift + Click" on a selected point deselects it).