[Solved] Drawing Polygons

[nav17kapur]

Hi...I need to draw Polygons. I know how to draw Polylines. Can I draw a randomly-shaped polygon using the same method??

I try to put the last point exactly on the last one (stupid thing to try) and as expected, I wasn't getting anywhere.

[Hagar Delest]

I try to put the last point exactly on the last one (stupid thing to try) and as expected, I wasn't getting anywhere.

You mean the last one on the first one?
Keep it open, double click to create it and then right click and select Close object.

Thanks to add '[Solved]' at beginning of your first post title (edit button) if your issue has been fixed.

[Villeroy]

Some very bright person used the programming interface and came up with a collection of macros to draw all kinds of regular shapes: Danny's Draw Power Tools

[acknak]

There are regular polygons having 4, 5, and 6 sides available through the "Basic Shapes" palette on the Drawing toolbar.

There is no equilateral triangle (as far as I can see), but it is possible (although not trivial) to construct one.

As for freehand closed polygons, when you've created the last vertex, just double click on the first point: Draw will close the polygon for you. Just be aware that this will also create an extra point, which is usually not noticeable and easily removed if necessary.

[aasdfasdfg]

Today I was messing around with the open office polygon tool and this was the first hit in google search. I was trying to make an "open ended" polygon, basically a line with several kinks. I kept trying to right click to end, but instead this only deleted the entire figure. Finally, after trial and error, I found that a simultaneous right and left click ended the polygon exactly how I wanted it to.
There was no right click menu - I was very confused. This is just a post to help others that could still be confused after the "solution" presented here.

[acknak]

Thanks for the follow-up, but your description does not seem to correspond with the way OOo works for me.

When creating a polyline, the first segment is created by dragging the mouse. After that, left click adds new vertex; right click deletes the previous vertex; double-click creates a new vertex and ends the polyline. If the final point is close to the starting point, the polyline is closed.

Left+right click does something similar to right-click: the last point is deleted and a new point is made.

Pressing Escape cancels the operation and deletes the entire polyline.

Maybe I misunderstood your description, or maybe this is a difference in OOo coming from OO.org vs. go-ooo.

[jricjr]

I have yet to be able to turn a set of lines into a closed polygon. What works for me is to lock the layer, create a new layer, then use the polygon tool to trace my original drawing and create the new polygon.

[John_Ha]

Use Snap to object points to snap the last line exactly to the start of the first line.