You can use the pen tool in EToys to
create drawings.
 |
Start by creating yourself a little
drawing robot like this . Name it Bot. (Hint: Give
it a nose so that you can see which direction it is pointing
in!)
Open a viewer for bot. Then
add in a pen category pane. Set Pen Down to
be True.
Select the pen size and colour you
want. |
 |
Create and run the following script:
 |
 |
Now, click on the useful box
at the top of the
script window. Change Repeat to 4, and drag the forward
and turn tiles into the repeat tile.
It should look like this:

Try your script again to see the pen
trail.
Pick up your bot (right click) and put it in another place.
Run your script again. |
| |
If you get too many pen trails on
the work area, look in the Pen Use category pane and click on
the exclamation mark beside the Clear All Pen Trails tile.
 |
 |
Help - My Viewer Panes have Disappeared!
Sometimes
they are just tucked away and you can see a small icon like this
on the right hand side of your window. Click it and your
viewer will pop back out.
If they have totally disappeared, just ALT click on your
sketch again and open another viewer. |
|
|
 |
|
Try the following script and click the exclamation mark to run it once:
(Don't forget to drag the tiles out by the arrows where they have one.)

|
|
 |
|
1. Write a script to draw a triangle, pentagon, hexagon and octagon. 2. Write
a script to draw a pyramid like this:

3. Write a script to draw your own intials.
|
|