Corel DESIGNER Help | Draw cylinders and prisms

Draw cylinders and prisms

To adjust a cylinder or prism by using control handles

You can draw cylinders and prisms in projected view. You can adjust the length and radius of these projected shapes by specifying values or by moving their control handles in the drawing window.

With prisms, you can specify the number of sides of the base faces.

Examples of a cylinder and a prism. Control handles let you adjust the length and radius of the shapes.

To draw a cylinder or prism

1 Click one of the following tools:

• Cylinder

• Prism

2 Drag in the drawing window to set the radius of the shape, then move the pointer to set the length, and click.

To modify a cylinder or prism

1 Click one of the following tools:

• Cylinder

• Prism

2 Click the projected shape, and perform any of the following tasks.

To	Do the following
Set the radius	Type a value in the top portion of the Radius and length box on the property bar.
Set the length	Type a value in the bottom portion of the Radius and length box on the property bar.
Specify the number of sides of the base faces of a prism	Type a value in the Sides box.

The radius, length, and distance values are applied in projected space.

To adjust a cylinder or prism by using control handles

1 Using the Cylinder

or Prism

tool, click the shape to display the control handles.

2 Point to a control handle, and when the cursor changes to an arrow, perform any of the following tasks:

To	Do the following
Adjust the shape radius	Drag the radius control handle. Tip: You can also drag the handle to rotate the prism.
Adjust the shape length	Drag the length control handle.