CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide part 25. Learn to create outstanding fine art and eye-catching commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X5: The Official Guide is your comprehensive reference and workbook to get you started designing visually captivating CorelDRAW artwork. Learn, step by step, how to create the illustrations you've imagined, quickly assemble layouts for print and package designs, import and edit photos, master the art of typography and the science of color theory, make 3D scenes from 2D objects, and apply special effects to ordinary pictures. Packed with expert techniques and advice for creating professional-quality art, this. | 204 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide Drawing Scale Windows Calculator and Dimension Lines 1. Open The Neptune . 2. For laughs choose the Horizontal or Vertical dimension line tool and drag it from the beginning of the body of the water pistol to the right and then release the mouse button at the end of the water plug the yellow piece of plastic to the left of the red cap. Write this value down. 3. The boss says the body is 7 W. In this example the body length should be . You launch Windows Calculator or use the physical home version in your workshop percent. This is the value by which this document s Drawing Scale must be adjusted as you recall from the example earlier in this chapter. 4. Right-click over a ruler choose Ruler Setup and then in the Ruler Options box click Edit Scale. 5. Page Distance should be 1 inch. Type in the World Distance field and then click OK to apply this new scale. See Figure 7-15. 6. Use the Horizontal or Vertical the Parallel and the Angular dimension tools to measure anything asked of you in this or your own drawing. Actual size is . FIGURE 7-15 Adjust the World Distance scale to make measuring areas in photos and drawings accurate to scale. CHAPTER 7 Measuring and Drawing Helpers 205 As Figure 7-16 shows when Fraction styles are used in combination with reassigning line and fill colors for text you have a highly detailed picture-perfect presentation for the manufacturing department and even print ads. You ve seen in this chapter that in addition to everyday paths and closed objects there are also lines for labeling and organizing objects. You ve also learned how to steer the power of CorelDRAW s rulers to suit your own design needs. You can now use those old-fashioned wooden rulers you have around the house for what they re meant for to stir house paint. Come explore the basic shapes you can create and then measure in Chapter 8 as you get a feel for the speed and ease of CorelDRAW s preset .
