Setting drawing preferences
The File > Assistant command sets preferences that affect
the drawing tools. Each option can be off or on and each has a set
of tolerances. Turn on an option by selecting a tolerance setting.
Tolerance settings are relative, depending on the resolution of
your computer screen and the current magnification of the scene.
As with drawing in general, zooming in provides better control.
Snap to Grid Determines how close the end of a line
being drawn must be to a grid line before the endpoint snaps to
the grid. The options are Off, Must be Close, Normal, Can be
Distant, and Always Snap.
Connect Lines Determines how close the end of a line
being drawn must be to an existing line segment before the
endpoint snaps to the nearest point on the other line. The
available options are Off, Must be Close, Normal, and Can be
Distant.
This setting also controls horizontal and vertical line
recognition: that is, how nearly horizontal or vertical a line
must be drawn before Flash makes it exactly horizontal or
vertical.
Smooth Curves Specifies the amount of smoothing applied
to curved lines drawn with the pencil tool when the drawing mode
is set to Straighten or Smooth. (Smoother curves are easier to
reshape, while rougher curves match more closely the original line
strokes.) The selections are Off, Rough, Normal, and Smooth.
Note: You can further smooth existing
curved segments using Modify > Curves > Smooth and Modify
> Curves > Optimize.
Recognize Lines Defines how nearly straight a line
segment must be drawn before Flash recognizes it and makes it
perfectly straight. The selections are Off, Strict, Normal, and
Tolerant.
If Recognize Lines is off while you draw, you can straighten
lines later by selecting one or more line segments and choosing
Modify > Curves > Straighten.
Recognize Shapes Controls how precisely you must draw
circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and 90° and 180° arcs for
them to be recognized as geometric shapes and redrawn accurately.
The options are Off, Strict, Normal, and Tolerant.
If Recognize Shapes is off while you draw, you can straighten
lines later by selecting one or more shapes (for example,
connected line segments) and choosing Modify > Curves >
Straighten.
Click Accuracy Specifies how close to an item the
pointer must be before Flash recognizes the item. The options are
Strict, Normal, and Tolerant.
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