Yes, I drew it like that too.
First I drew a segment, then doubled it and filled in the gradients.
Finally the shadows. That's it.
Here is my Xara-File to help understand what i did.
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Yes, I drew it like that too.
First I drew a segment, then doubled it and filled in the gradients.
Finally the shadows. That's it.
Here is my Xara-File to help understand what i did.
Attachment 133804
Yes Ernie great. :D
Here's an alternative with a ruffle3 bevel applied:
Egg, you're just rubbing salt into the wound! ;)
Thanks for the video and explanations and Ernie for download file. I was getting so frustrated trying to draw it geometrically. Math is not my strong point but I was even on the verge of buying a pair of compasses!
This is my solution to the problem, unlike Egg I built the curved piece of the design in a completely different way and repeated it around the reference center by rotating it by an angle equal to 360/7 (set in snap mode to be as precise as possible).
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Hi Marco. Great construction. On my second attempt I did in fact use a 51.43 degree rotation & it worked perfectly which must be down to creating a more accurate first shape for the multiple rotations. I needed no 'patches' in this drawing.
Originally I thought I'd need to create the three seperate 'bevel' effects but was quite pleased to see using a proper bevel worked fine and therefore only required one linear fill adjustment not three per shape.