Drawing simple lines and shapes In Illustrator PART I

Draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool :

1 - Select the Line Segment tool  .

2 - Do one of the following:

•Position the pointer where you want the line to begin, and drag to where you want the line to end.You can move the    the line while drawing by holding the space-bar  while pressing the mouse button .

OR

•Click where you want the line to begin, and specify the length and angle of the line. If you want to fill the line with the current fill color, select Fill Line. Then click OK.

Draw rectangles and squares

1 - Select the Rectangle tool or the Rounded Rectangle tool .

2 - Do one of the following:

•To draw a rectangle, drag diagonally until the rectangle is the desired size.

•To draw a square, hold down the Shift key while you drag diagonally until the square is the desired size.You can move the   rectangle while drawing by holding the space-bar  while pressing the mouse button .

OR 

•To create a square or rectangle using values, click where you want the top-left corner to be. Specify a width and height (and a corner radius for a rounded rectangle), and click OK.

Specify the corner radius of a rounded rectangle.

The corner radius determines the roundness of the rectangle’s corners.

•To change the corner radius while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Up Arrow key or Down Arrow key. When the corners are the desired roundness, release the key.

•To create square corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Left Arrow key.

•To create the most rounded corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Right Arrow key.

Draw ellipses

1 - Select the Ellipse tool .

2 - Do one of the following:

•Drag diagonally until the ellipse is the desired size.You can move the  ellipse while drawing by holding the space-bar  while pressing the mouse button .

OR

•Click where you want the top-left corner of the ellipse’s bounding box to be. Specify a width and height for the ellipse, and click OK.

Note: To create a circle, hold down the Shift key while dragging, or if you are specifying dimensions, once you’ve entered a Width value you can click on the word Height to copy that value into the Height box.

Draw polygons

1 - Select the Polygon tool .

2 - Do one of the following:

•Drag until the polygon is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the polygon. Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to add and remove sides from the polygon.You can move the polygon while drawing by holding the space-bar  while pressing the mouse button .

OR

•Click where you want the center of the polygon to be. Specify a radius and number of sides for the polygon, and click OK.

Draw Triangles 

Triangles are polygons too! You can draw one just as you would any other polygon.

Draw stars

1 - Select the Star tool .

2 - Do one of the following:

•Drag until the star is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the star. Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow to add and remove points from the star. You can move  the Star while drawing by holding the space-bar  while pressing the mouse button .

OR

•Click where you want the center of the star to be. For Radius 1, specify the distance from the center of the star to the star’s innermost points. For Radius 2, specify the distance from the center of the star to the star’s outermost points. For Points, specify how many points you want the star to have. Then click OK.

Thanks

MR
Manal Raafat