What a freehand annotation is
A freehand annotation is a pen stroke drawn directly on the table surface. It captures the path of your pointer as you draw.
How to draw a freehand annotation
- Switch to Edit mode using the Action Dock.
- Click the Pen button in the Action Dock to activate the freehand pen tool. The cursor changes to a crosshair.
- Click and drag on the table surface to draw a stroke. A live preview shows while drawing.
- Release the pointer to commit the stroke. It persists as an annotation entity.
- Draw additional strokes as needed. The pen tool stays active.
- Press Escape or click the Pen Off button to deactivate the pen tool.
You can also activate the freehand tool from the Entity Browser by selecting Freehand in the Annotations category.
How the system uses freehand annotations
- freehand strokes persist as annotation entities in the annotations band
- they are undoable, deletable, movable, and copyable like all other annotations
- stroke color defaults to red (#ef4444) and stroke width defaults to 3mm
- both stroke color and stroke thickness are editable through the annotation settings panel
- freehand annotations can be selected, dragged, and repositioned after drawing
- clipboard copy and paste preserves the full stroke path