{"id":53108,"date":"2022-05-31T18:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/quick-answer-how-to-draw-a-triangle-in-indesign\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:44:35","slug":"quick-answer-how-to-draw-a-triangle-in-indesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/quick-answer-how-to-draw-a-triangle-in-indesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Answer: How to draw a triangle in indesign?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Double-click the Polygon tool in the Tools panel to open its options dialog box. Set it to 3 sides and a Star Inset to 0% and you&#8217;ve just defined a triangle. Click OK and drag the cursor out to create a triangle. Or hold down the Shift key while dragging to make a perfect, 60-degree-per-angle, <strong>triangle<\/strong> every time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Frequent question, how do you draw shapes in InDesign? <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To create a shape, select one of the shape tools from the Toolbar, such as the rectangle tool, and click-and-drag to <strong>draw<\/strong> it.<\/li>\n<li>To create a proportionate shape, such as a circle or square, hold the Shift key while drawing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Quick Answer, how do you make an angle in InDesign? Hold Option\/Alt and drag to create the other side of the angle. The angle measure will be displayed in the Info panel, along with lengths of the sides (called D1 and D2). Drag an endpoint to adjust the angle. Drag a side to move the angle without altering it (great for comparing angles).<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, how do you construct a triangle? <iframe style=\"margin-top:25px;width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lizTzufiaes\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Correspondingly, how do I cut a <strong>triangle<\/strong> in <strong>InDesign<\/strong>? <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the shape with the Selection tool.<\/li>\n<li>Click the Scissors tool in the toolbar.<\/li>\n<li>Move the Scissors tool to the place you want to cut.  <\/li>\n<li>Click directly on the stroke of the shape.<\/li>\n<li>Move to a different position on the shape and click directly on the stroke of the shape.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the toolbox, do one of the following: To draw a line or shape, select the Line tool , the Ellipse tool , the Rectangle tool , or the Polygon tool . (Click and hold the Rectangle tool to select either the Ellipse or Polygon tool.)<\/p>\n<h2>How do I get more shapes in InDesign?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the Rectangle tool or the Ellipse tool. The tool is highlighted in the Tools panel.<\/li>\n<li>Click anywhere on the page, but don&#8217;t drag the cursor.  <\/li>\n<li>In the Width and Height text fields, enter the dimensions for creating the shape.<\/li>\n<li>Click OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you make an irregular shape in InDesign?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to the Window menu, scroll down to Object &#038; Layout , and choose Pathfinder .<\/li>\n<li>To change the shape of a frame, select the frame in the layout, then click one of the shape buttons in the Convert section of the Pathfinder Panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Can you draw an arrow in InDesign?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Click and drag your mouse to draw the arrow. The &#8220;Start&#8221; graphic appears wherever you first click. To restrain the line to 45-degree angles, hold the &#8220;Shift&#8221; key while dragging.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you make a rectangle slanted in InDesign?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>A straightforward way is to use the Shear X Angle command in the Control Panel and enter a desired skew angle. You can also use the Shear tool in the toolbar to skew an object. Select the Shear tool and click within the object to set a reference point. Then simply turn the object till you get the desired skew angle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you draw a triangle in thirds?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eaAJEp3ElnM\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you construct a triangle with an angle?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vw2xNpNzemk\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you construct a triangle with side lengths?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gSmuLNGpf_E\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How does the scissor tool work in InDesign?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Scissors Tool is used to cut shapes, which are closed paths, and turn them into open-ended paths. The shapes can be created with any of the shape frame tools in Adobe InDesign. Select the shape to be cut, then go to the Toolbar and choose the Scissors Tool .<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you manipulate shapes in InDesign?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>In InDesign, hold down any shortcut key, make your edits, and then release the mouse button. For example, with the Pen tool selected, you can hold down the A key to display the Direct Selection tool, edit points, and the Pen tool is selected when you release the A key.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I draw a triangle in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Select the Polygon Tool and just click on your artboard. Make sure that you enter 3 in the Sides input box, set the size of the triangle that you are about to create, and click OK. Because the Polygon Tool is built to create shapes with equal angles at their corners, you will end up with an equilateral triangle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double-click the Polygon tool in the Tools panel to open its options dialog box. Set it to 3 sides and a Star Inset to 0% and you&#8217;ve just defined a triangle. Click OK and drag the cursor out to create a triangle. Or hold down the Shift key while dragging to make a perfect, 60-degree-per-angle, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}