To draw rounded rectangles on a map:
- Make the layer that you want to work with editable. On the HOME tab, in the Windows group, click Tool Windows, and click Layers from the list, to open the Layers window.
You can also see map layers in the Explorer window.
Click the Editable
icon beside the layer name to turn On editing.Click the Selectable
icon beside the layer name to turn On selection. - On the SPATIAL tab, in the Create group, clickInsert, and Rounded.
- Move the Rounded Rectangle cursor to where you want to begin creating the rectangle.
- Press the mouse button and drag the pointer diagonally to the opposite corner of the rectangle. The shape appears on the screen and changes size and proportion as you move the pointer.
- Release the mouse button when the rectangle is the size you want.
To draw rounded squares on a map, when you want to draw a square with rounded corners, press the Shift key while using the Rounded Rectangle command.
Rounded rectangles are closed figures. They are filled with the default fill pattern and/or color. This is set using the Region Style command on the SPATIAL tab, in the Create group, on the Style list.