Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual page 144

130 Chapter 9:
Creating Shapes
3 Move the mouse to another location and click again to create a line between the two
points. Continue clicking to create a series of lines joined by sharp corners.
4 When you are done drawing, click Line toolbar > End Shape Open or End Shape
Closed to finish the shape.
Tip: Turn on Layout > On Axis, Snap to Guideline, or Grid for more control.
To draw curves
1 Open Toolbox > Line tool to open the Line toolbar.
2 Click on the work surface to set the starting point.
3 Click Start Curve in the Line toolbar.
4 Move the mouse to another location and click again, then move the mouse until the
curve is the shape you need. Continue clicking to create series of curves.
5 Click End Curve to stop drawing curves.
6 Use the same sequence to draw smooth curves using the Start Curve Smooth and End
Curve Smooth tools.
7 When you are done drawing, click Line toolbar > End Shape Open or End Shape
Closed to finish the shape.
Tip: Use Edit > Undo/Redo to delete or redo the last drawn segment. Repeatedly pressing
Undo/Redo will remove or redo segments.
Drawing open and closed shapes
After you draw the lines and curves, stop the drawing process by clicking either Line toolbar >
End Shape Open or End Shape Closed. The following example shows the effect of these two
tools.
The open shape, indicated by the circles at the start and end of the shape, was created by
clicking 4 points, then clicking Line toolbar > End Shape Open. The closed shape was created by
clicking 3 points, then clicking Line toolbar > End Shape Closed. When End Shape Closed was
clicked, a line segment was automatically added between points 1 and 3. You must have at least
3 points in a shape to use End Shape Closed.
To create an open shape
1 Draw a shape.