# Polylines

Polylines are created by clicking either the freehand or polyline buttons on the mode palette. To create a polyline, press the polyline button on the mode palette. Then point to where you want to start the line and drag to draw a line segment. Continue pointing and clicking until all but the last line segment has been defined. Double click create the last vertex and return to select mode.

To create a freehand polyline press the freehand line button on the mode palette. Drag the mouse around the canvas area to draw the line. Releasing the mouse button will return to select mode.

Use the style palette to define dash style and line width. There are eight dash styles and six line widths to choose from.

Another attribute of the polyline is rounding. Corners defined by intersecting line segments can be given a rounded edge by selecting the polyline, and using the "Edit/Properties..." option. The "Round corners by" value box contains the length of segment adjacent to each vertex to be replaced by a rounded corner. This value is specified with respect to the real world coordinate space or dimension of the editor (the default dimension is [0, 0, 32767, 32767]). A value of 1000.0 is reasonable for rounding corners.