11.11. Colour and pencil

This option is used to define object colours and line thickness.

1. Foreground colour

Opens the Choose colour dialog enabling to select the foreground colour of the selected figure.

2. Background colour

Select the button to the left to access the Choose colour dialog in order to choose the background colour. The button to the right opens the Open data file dialog where a picture file can be chosen to be implemented as background picture for the figure.

3. Pencil

Opens the Define line style dialog to choose the line pattern.

The Colour and pencil context tab

Figure 11.8. The Colour and pencil context tab

A distinction is made between the left and right arrow ends. In addition, the following parameters can be defined:

4. Arrow style

Defines the arrow type.

5. Width

Determines the arrow width.

6. Length

Determines the arrow length.

The advanced context tab Colour and pencil

Figure 11.9. The advanced context tab Colour and pencil

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