Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
the circle. The Infobar will tell you when the triangle
is rotated 90 degrees, with one angle pointing directly
to the right of the page. You'll also visually see this;
release the mouse button when you have a right-pointing
triangle.
With the circle selected, click on it again with the
6.
Selector Tool to put it into rotate/skew transformation
mode. Now you can clearly see the object's center
marked with a tiny cross hair inside a circle.
If you don't have rulers visible, press
7.
CTRL
-
L
to toggle
the rulers on. Click in the horizontal ruler and drag
down; similarly click in the vertical ruler and drag to
the right to create guides over the circle to meet at this
center point of the circle.
Drag the triangle until its right point lies on the
8.
intersection of the guides.
9.
SHIFT
-
CLICK
to select both objects and then click the
Intersect Shapes button you put on the Standard bar
earlier (or choose Arrange | Combine Shapes | Intersect
Shapes). The triangle is now a pie wedge with a curved
left side.
