Chapter 6. Geometric Objects
In Illustrator, the paths you create consist of anchor points connected by straight and/or curved line segments. Paths can be closed, such as polygons and ovals, or open, such as arcs and straight lines. In this chapter, you’re going to be creating a lot of objects, so we’ll start off by telling you how to get rid of the ones you don’t need. Then you’ll learn how to create geometric objects quickly and easily with the Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star, Line Segment, Arc, and Spiral tools. Once you’ve learned the basics in this chapter, your next step is to learn how to select paths for editing (Chapter 7), copy and align them (Chapter 8), apply colors to them (Chapter 9), and change their shape ( ...
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