Drawing Rectangles

You can draw a rectangle using the Rectangle command. A rectangle is defined by its diagonal. After you define the starting point, you can draw the diagonal or enter the length and the height in the dockable panel.

Do not use rectangles for generating electrical schematics. They are not managed by the electrical project database.
  1. Click Draw > Rectangle .
  2. For a new rectangle, define the starting point and the diagonal.
  3. In the dockable panel, the following options are available:
    Option Description
    Click to end the command.
    Enter coordinates Enter a value for the X and Y coordinates. These two coordinates are separated by a comma (for example, 150,125).
    Dimension Enter the values corresponding to the length and height.
    Rotation Enter the value corresponding to the angle (in degrees).