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PDFill PDF Drawing: Rectangle, Circle and Basic Shape Tool
(See Example PDF and Example PDFill Project File  )

You can use this tool to draw rectangle, square, round corner, circle, ellipse, arc and pie, and more basic shapes into PDF document.

More Basic Shape Drawings include Isosceles Triangle, Right Triangle, Diamond, Pentagon, Hexagon, Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow, 4-Point Star, 5-Point Star, 6-Point Star, Rounded Rectangular Callout, Oval Callout, Cloud Callout, Heart, Lightning and Smiley Face.

You can change drawingıs Line Width, Dashed Style, Line Color, Fill Color and Transparency.

1. Steps on how to draw a Rectangle, Circle or Basic Shape on PDF Page:

• Choose Insert Menu > Drawing > Select Rectangle , Circle or Basic Shape

or click Rectangle , Circle or Basic Shape Button in the Drawing Toolbar.

Click the Basic Types Button to show the menu and then select a basic shape

• Hold Left mouse button to create an area of the required size and then release it

2. Access the properties:

• Click the Selection button first.
• Click inside the line to highlight it and click Properties Button
• Or, click the line and double-click again
• Or, Key F4

3. Set the properties:

Here is the list of the properties.

Line Weight	The thickness of the line.
Line Color	The color for the line.
Line Dashed	There are 8 Dashed Styles: Solid, Round Dot, Square Dot, Dash, Dash Dot, Long Dash, Long Dash Dot, Long Dash Dot Dot
Fill Color	The background color inside the shape.
Rotate	The rotation degree from 3 clock relative to the shape center.
Transparency	The Transparency of the drawing object
Rectangle	If set, it will be a rectangle or square type
Corner Radius	If Set, the rectangle will have a round corner with the radius
Circle	If set, it will be a ellipse, circle type
Arc	If set, it will be not full 360 degree circle/ellipse
Pie	An edge will be drawn.
Start Angle	degree from 3 Clock
End Angle	degree in Anticlockwise direction
Basic Shapes	Isosceles Triangle, Right Triangle, Diamond, Pentagon, Hexagon, Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow, 4-Point Star, 5-Point Star, 6-Point Star, Rounded Rectangular Callout, Oval Callout, Cloud Callout, Heart, Lightning and Smiley Face.
Position (Left, Right, Top, Bottom)	The X and Y coordinate of the box to define the position of the field.
Blend Mode	Color Blend Mode for Rectangle or Circle. Please save into a new PDF to see the blending effect.
Order	It will show on the Foreground or Background of the PDF document
PDF Layer	Select a PDF Layer name if it belongs to a PDF Layer. Make it empty if it doesn't belong to a PDF Layer. See details in PDF Layer.
Action: Add Link, Submit, JavaScript and more ...	See PDF Actions.
Set this field as default	If set, the new object will have the same properties as this one.

4. Screenshots:

Rectangle, Square, and Round Corner

Circle, Ellipse, Arc and Pie

More Basic Shapes

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