Use the Circle component when you want to draw a circle or an ellipse.

In the Circle Properties, you customize the position and size of the component. You can do the following operations in particular:

• Changing size and position of an component

• Setting the background color

• Setting the border and transparency

Draw circles and ellipses

1. Select the Circle component .

2. Draw a circle by dragging the Circle component directly where you want it to be in the Editor pane.

3. Do one of the following:

   • To draw an ellipse, drag the circle component into the editor pane, and then drag the blue square on the borderline until the ellipse is the desired size, or specify the value for Location and Size in the Property pane.

   • To select the circle or ellipse, specify the Border Width and Border Style in the Property pane. If you want to fill border and background with the color, select color swatches separately.

Properties for Circle

• Basic

  • Name: Circle

  • Location: you can modify the location coordinate for the circle.

  • Size: you can modify the width and height information for the circle.

• Styles

  • Border Width: adjust the value depending on your need.

  • Border Style: select dotted, dashed, solid or double depending on your need.

  • Border Color: click Border Color swatches, select a swatch, and click OK button.

  • Background Color: click Background Color swatches, select a swatch, and click OK button.

  • Transparency: value ranges from 1 to 100, adjust the value depending on your need.

  • Fill: click the check box depending on whether to fill the circle with background color.