Insert a Polygon into a ReportWorks Page

ReportWorks | Tools | Polygon

Use the Polygon menu command or toolbar button to draw a multi-sided, closed shape on an existing ReportWorks page. You can adjust the line style, thickess, and color, and the fill pattern/color. See Polylines for open multi-segmented lines.

Menu Options

• Fill Options: Click on the Fill tab to access these settings:
  • Stock Fills: If you want the polygon to be filled with a solid color, with no color, or with a "stock" design, click in the Stock Fills radio button. Choose the Fill type using the drop-down box.
    • Solid = solid color fill for the polygon.
    • None = no fill for the polygon.
    • Horizontal -> Diagonal = the polygon will be filled with the selected design.
  • RockWare Patterns: If you want the polygon to be filled with one of the patterns in the RockWare library, click in this radio button. Click on the Select button to choose a pattern from the library.
  • Layer: Select the layer to which the polygon is to be assigned by clicking on the down-arrow button.
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• Line Options: Click on the Outline tab in the Polygon Options window to access these settings:
  • Style: Click in this drop-down box to choose the line style for the polygon perimeter, such as Solid for a solid line, or Dashed for a dashed line.
  • Color: Choose the line color by clicking in the color box and making your selection.
  • Width: If the style is set to Solid, you can designate a line width by typing in an integer value, with 0 equaling thin lines, widening as the integer increases. Non-solid lines (dashed, dot-dashed, etc.) are set automatically to a thin width.
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Step-by-Step Summary

1. Create a new ReportWorks document or open an existing document as necessary.
2. Click on the name of the Layer into which you want to insert the polygon.
3. Click on the Polygon toolbar button or choose the Tools | Polygon menu option.
4. Use your mouse to position the cursor in the page where the one vertex of the polygon is to be placed, and click and hold the left mouse button to insert it.
5. With the button still pressed in, drag to the location of the next polygon vertex, and release the mouse button. You'll see a straight line connecting the points.
6. Click and hold again, and drag to the next vertex location, and release the mouse button. Now, you'll see a closed polygon shape.
7. Click and hold and drag again to the next vertex location, and release the mouse button. Another line segment will be added to the polygon shape.
8. Continue in this manner for each polygon vertex.
9. To end the polygon, either click on the pointer button , or double-click the left mouse button.
10. Double-click on the polygon to access its settings, or right-click on the polygon and choose Properties.
11. Select the line style / color and fill options as described above, and click Apply to enforce these settings.
12. Click Close to close the Polygon Options window.
13. You can move any of the vertex points on the polygon by first single-clicking on the polygon to see the vertex "handles." Then, click and hold on any of the handles, and drag to the new position. You can tell if you have clicked in the proper place by the change of the cursor shape to . Release the mouse button when the vertex point is in the correct position.
14. Reposition the entire polygon as you wish by clicking and holding anywhere on the polygon and dragging it to the new location.
    

See also

• Working with layers

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