Line Width:Enter the line width in pixels. 

Fill Styles:  Select a fill style from the list. Examples of the fill styles are shown below.

Line Style: Select a line style. Examples of the line styles are shown below.


or Toggle Smoothing: Smoothing will add additional nodes between each of the original nodes to give the object a more continuous look. The nodes that are added aren't visible and can't be edited.

or Toggle Open/Closed:Select an object and turn this on () to join the first node on an object to the last node.

Quick Join: Use this tool to join two open culture objects together, specifically two contours that have the same contour values. Click on the first object twice to enter point edit mode. Click the icon, and then move your mouse to the second object. When the cursor becomes a black arrow () click on the second object. You will receive a warning if you are trying to join contours with two different values.

or Toggle Adding: Use this tool to extend an open culture object, including a contour. Click on the object twice to enter point edit mode. Click the icon to turn adding on () and then place your cursor on the last node of the selected object. When the cursor becomes a cursor arrow overlying the resize symbol  () click once. You can now extend the culture object with a series of clicks to create a polygon, or by holding and dragging the mouse and extending the object in freehand mode. Turn adding off when you have finished adding nodes.

or Eraser: Turn this on () and place your cursor () over the part of the object that you want to erase. Click and move your mouse to erase the lines and nodes of the selected object. You will see an outline that represents the brush size. The erase tool only works on the selected object, and won't affect any other culture objects or layers.

Brush Size (inch): This value represents the size of the eraser. Select a new brush size from the list to change the size of the eraser.