Draw a Door
Keyboard access: "/"
Select the Door tool. Esc to Quit.
With the mouse:
- Begin dragging at the position of the hinged edge of the door.
- End dragging and click the position for the edge of the door that is to latch.
- Click a position in the direction the door is to open.
With the keyboard:
- Position the cursor at the hinged edge of the door.
- Press Enter and move the cursor with the arrow keys to the edge of the door that is to latch.
- Press Enter and move off the door in the direction in which it is to open.
- Press Enter.
Continue drawing doors or select another tool.
More Info
- To draw a door at an angle, release the button after beginning to drag.
- For better precision, use the arrow keys to position the edges of the door.
- Under Preferences, select the Doors tab to set an option for doors to open to other than 90 degrees and another to omit the door's dimensions when printed.
- Line length is shown in the Odometers at the left of the Status bar.
- The keyboard arrow keys move the cursor one pixel at a time.
- The Number Pad keys move the cursor the distance assigned. Adjust this distance by pressing the Plus and Minus keys. The current distance is reported on the far right of the status bar.
See also Connecting with Previous Elements
To alter an element already drawn, see: How To Select An Element