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Disabling auto-forms/shapes possible?

deep470
Explorer
Explorer

When I use the whiteboard to train japanese hiragana characters, I can't paint slow. When I stay on the left mouse button for too long, my painted character is transformed into a shape, e.g. a square or a circle. I already disabled all shapes and I am under the impression that the normal pencil shouldn't do autoforms, as there is a separate tool "intelligent drawing".

 

How/where do I disable this behaviour or is there a better tool to draw letters?

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AlexMa581
Zoom Employee
Zoom Employee

Hi @deep470 ,

Have you tried turning off the Smart Drawing feature? When this feature is enabled, it can cause your pen drawings to transform into shapes after you release the pen or mouse button. Disabling it should prevent this behavior.

 

Let me know if this helps or if you need further assistance!

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@deep470

alexma

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AlexMa581
Zoom Employee
Zoom Employee

Hi @deep470 ,

Have you tried turning off the Smart Drawing feature? When this feature is enabled, it can cause your pen drawings to transform into shapes after you release the pen or mouse button. Disabling it should prevent this behavior.

 

Let me know if this helps or if you need further assistance!

AlexMa581_0-1744683715419.png

@deep470

alexma

deep470
Explorer
Explorer

Thanks, it wasn't enabled but I toggled smart draw a few times and now it stays off. Maybe it was enabled and there was a display error. Thank you for your reply!