Corel CorelDRAW Technical Suite X6, ML CDTSX6MLDVDAEU Manual Do Utilizador

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The primary goal of a technical illustration is to be 

clearly perceived. For a technical illustrator, working 

on multiple illustrations for a complex project, the 

ability to maintain consistency is imperative. And 

this is especially so in a collaborative workflow, with 

multiple colleagues contributing pieces to a project.

Whether it’s consistent use of lines, callouts, colors, 

dimensions, or text, adhering to corporate or 

industry standards, or reusing proven visualization 

practices, CorelDRAW Technical Suite X6 provides a 

plethora of applications and features that make it 

easy to maintain a consistent style.

New! Styles engine and docker: 

The new 

Object Styles docker makes it simple to create 

outline, fill, halo, character, paragraph, frame, 

callout, and dimension styles. You can also group 

styles into style sets. You can edit a style or a style 

set once and have the changes applied instantly 

throughout a project. For example, you can define 

style sets for callouts and dimension lines, and use 

the style sets to consistently format all callouts and 

dimension lines in a project.

Give it a try

Working with styles and style sets
1 In 

Corel DESIGNER X6

, click 

Window

  

Object 

Styles

.

2 In the 

Object Styles

 docker, click the 

New Style

 

 

button, and choose   

Outline

 from the list.

An 

Outline 1

 style appears in the 

Styles

 folder. 

To rename the style, right-click it, click 

Rename

, 

type a new name, and press 

Enter

.

3 In the 

Outline

 area, specify any style attributes, 

such as 

Width

, 

Color

, 

Line Style

, and more.

4 Create an object on the drawing page, and then 

click 

Apply to Selected

 in the 

Object Styles

 

docker. For example, a rectangle or an ellipse.
Repeat this step to create several different objects.

5 In the 

Object Styles

 docker, change some of the 

outline style attributes.
All of the objects using that style are updated.

Give it a try