A small tutorial on using the polygon tool of the Geometry Sketchpad

A small tutorial on using the Geometry Sketchpad Polygon Tool

Author: Ai Xiaomo Date: 2022-03-29

Nowadays, many people are using geometric sketchpad. As we all know, Geometric Sketchpad is an excellent geometric drawing software. We can use Geometric Sketchpad to draw various geometric figures. Its toolbox contains basic drawing tools. The following tutorial will introduce in detail how to use the polygon tool of the Geometry Sketchpad.

The default state of the polygon tool is to draw the interior of a polygon. If you hold down the tool with the left mouse button, the polygon tool selection panel will pop up, followed by "Draw the interior of the polygon", "Draw the interior and sides of the polygon", and "Draw the sides of the polygon".

Geometry Sketchpad Polygon Tool

1. Draw a polygon with no edges and no interior

Click the mouse on the drawing pad to start drawing the vertices of the polygon, then draw the second vertex at another position, and so on, to draw the desired polygon.

Geometry Sketchpad Polygon Tool

2. Draw a polygon with sides and interior

You can also use different polygon tools to draw polygons. Press and hold the polygon tool button with the mouse, drag the mouse to the desired tool button and release the mouse, then the tool will be selected.