Get Started With Project Draw

First, lets take a look at Project Draw page layout.

 Below is a screenshot of the draw.html page - the page you are redirected to from http://draw.labs.autodesk.com. You'll see the main components of the Draw application:

Lets drag a shape on to the canvas...

 Adding a shape to the canvas is as simple as mousing down on a shape and dragging it onto the canvas.

Lets change the shape palette...

 Draw has a variety of pre-defined shape palettes that you can choose from. Just drop down the select box to see the current list of palettes.

Lets take a look at the properties dialog...

 The properties dialog is dynamic. Its characteristics change as you focus on different shapes or the canvas.

Lets add some connectors (lines)...

 Select line, polyline, or curved connectors to add lines to your diagrams.

Lets add some text...

 You can annotate your diagram by adding text to shapes, text areas, and connectors (lines).

The File menu

 The File menu allows you to manipulate, save, import and export your diagrams. The File menu items are as follows:

Using Project Freewheel in Draw

 You can import DWF files from your local machine or the web and manipulate them directly with Project Freewheel in Draw. Click on the 'Insert DWF' link in the File menu and you'll see the following dialog pop-up.



After selecting the DWF to open (if you click "Upload" without selecting a DWF, we'll give you a default DWF file to work with), the Project Freewheel in Draw box pops-up. Pan, zoom, orbit - use it just like you would Project Freewheel. When you're done, click on "Create New Shape" and the Freewheel box will disappear.



The following is a screenshot of the DWF shape that is placed on the canvas. When focused on the DWF shape, you can change the DWF's background color and transparency via the properties dialog, as shown noted below.



To manipulate the DWF with Freewheel again, you can either double click the DWF shape, or click the button labeled "Open DWF" in the properties dialog.