Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

4 In the Height text box, enter the height you want the shape to be, and click OK.

To create a square or circle, enter a value in the Width text box and then click the word 
Height; this copies the width value to the Height text box.

If you are drawing a rounded rectangle, enter the corner radius value you want the 
rectangle to have. The corner radius value represents the radius of a hypothetical circle 
drawn in the corner of the rectangle or square. The default corner radius is 12 points. 
A corner radius of 0 creates square corners. 

1 Choose Window > Attributes.

2 In the Attributes palette, click either the Show Center button   or the Don’t Show 
Center button  .

The polygon tool draws an object with a specified number of sides of equal length, 
each side being the same distance from the center of the object. 

1 Select the polygon tool  .

2 Position the pointer at the center of the polygon you want to create, and drag until the 
polygon is the desired size. 

3 As you drag, do any of the following:

Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the polygon.

Shift-drag to constrain the tool to multiples of 45 degrees or to the angle specified in 

the Constrain Angle text box in the General Preferences dialog box.

Hold down the spacebar to move the polygon.

Press or hold down Up Arrow or Down Arrow to add or delete sides to the polygon.

Hold down ~ (tilde) to create multiple polygons.

1 Select the polygon tool.

2 Click where you want to place the center of the polygon.

By default, the Polygon dialog box displays the dimensions of the last polygon you drew. 
The unit of measure is determined by the unit of measure set in the Document Setup or 
Units & Undo Preferences dialog box.

3 In the Radius text box, enter the distance from the center point to each line’s endpoint.

4 Click the arrows or enter the number of sides in the Sides text box, and click OK.

The star tool creates a star-shaped object with a given number of points and size.