Line Gallery - Brush Strokes

Brush Strokes let you change the appearance of lines. (For example, by using a patterned line.) The Line Gallery shows brush strokes in several sections:

New brush strokes are custom brush strokes used in loaded documents plus a plain line (no brush).

Other sections contain predefined brushes.

To change the brush stroke either:

Drag-and-drop the required brush design onto the object. Hold down CTRL to apply the pattern to an object inside another object. See apply inside.

Double click on the brush design to apply it to the selection.

Click the required brush design to select it and click Apply to apply it to the selection.

To remove a brush stroke (use a simple line) use Default stroke in New brush strokes.

Some brush designs are directional (like arrows along the line). Their direction depends on the direction of the line. If necessary you can reverse the line direction.

You can also change the appearance of the line using stroke shapes. See Changing the stroke shape of a line.

The brush stroke sections have a pop-up menu (right-click) with options of:

Rename brush - lets you change the name displayed for the brush

Copy brush graphic to clipboard - copies a single copy of the brush to the clipboard. You can then paste it into a document. This lets you create a new brush design with, for example, different colors.

Delete (New brush strokes section only) - delete the brush.

Note that the pop-up menu does not appear if you click on Default stroke.

Note:

Applying a brush removes any arrowhead/tail or dash pattern already applied to the line.

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Related Topics

Changing the brush stroke design

Creating custom brush strokes