Although a lot can be accomplished simply by combining elements already available in the community, the basic drawing tools can be used to build things from scratch. The tools are available in the mainbuilder toolbar at the top of the applet window:menu.

Push PinWhen the push pin is selected, the other drawing tools will created things that are pinned to the background and are essentially unaffected by gravity. This has the same effect as editing the properties of a a drawn object and setting the pinned property to 'true'.Note that the pin mode has '''no''' effect on assets dragged in from the community.Note that the pin mode has '''no''' effect ''after'' an element has drawn. If you'd like to change the pin characteristic after being drawn, use the properties dialog.

Circle

Draws a basic circle. Click and drag the mouse to create a circle of variable size.

Rectangle

Draws a basic rectangle. Click and drag the mouse to create a rectangle of variable size.

Straight Line

Draws a straight line in any direction. Click and drag the mouse to create a line of variable length.

• In order to verify that a line is ''perfectly'' straight, set the 'orientation' property to zero degrees.

Free-handContinuous Line

A line will be drawn by following the path of the mouse cursor.

• All free-hand lines are pinned automatically.

Joints