Tyler Learned

The simple trick is to draw an arc or three sided open polygon, then select "none" for fill in the attributes palette. As a reminder, to set the default fill to "none", double click in some open space in the drawing (so nothing is selected), then set the fill to "none" before you start drawing all of those arcs or open polygons. you can select a default line type and color in the same way. Use this same method to return things to the way they were when you are finished.

I'm using an Intuos 4 (PTK440) tablet, which until windows 8 has been terrific. I had a bamboo pen and touch before; the Intuos 4 is a little larger, has a great feeling new stylus design, a great scroll wheel, more selection buttons and a really practical stylus holder that has eliminated my frequent pen hunts. Windows 8 has crippled the Wacom tablet. As of this writing Wacom has attempted a driver update with disappointing results. Currently I have returned to my Kensington expert mouse - a fabulous trackball that was my choice for input until I bought the Wacom products.