Working with Images > Drawings, Measurements, and Annotations

Drawing a Rectangle

To draw a rectangle on an image, follow these steps:

1. Open the image in the Image Viewing Workspace or Darkroom mode.

2. In the Drawings & Annotations toolbar, in the Line icon group, click one of the following:

3. Click to create a rectangle outline.

4. Click to create a filled rectangle.

Note: If a white triangle is displayed in the lower corner of the icon, you can access the different tools in the icon group. See Using Icon Groups.

       5. Hover the mouse pointer over the image. The pointer changes to .

       6. Click and drag on the image to draw a rectangle.

       7. Release the mouse pointer to set the rectangle on the image.          

Tip: To change the line color, see Changing Object Color and Line Thickness.

        8. To turn off the tool, move the pointer outside the image.

Related Topics

Drawings, Measurements, and Annotations

Drawing a Straight Line

Drawing a Multi-Segment Line (Polyline)

Drawing a Freehand Line

Drawing a Spline Curve

Drawing a Circle

Drawing an Ellipse

Adding a Landmark Point

Drawing an Arrow

Adding a Text Annotation to an Image

Drawing a Mandibular Canal

Adding an Implant

Using the Undo and Redo Functions

Deleting Drawing Objects

Changing Object Color and Line Thickness

Moving and Resizing an Object

Rotating an Object

Changing the Stack Order

Using Measurements to Calculate Distances and Angles

Using the Zoom Tool

Using the Highlight Tool

Using the Color Tools

Cropping Images

Using the Isodensity Tool

Using the Densitometric Analysis Tool

Using Pseudo 3D

Using Negative Images

Using Cephalometric Automatic Tracings

Resetting Images