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  1. #11
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    Default Re: How would you do...

    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.

    Aaron Draplin Design.xar

  2. #12
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    Default Re: How would you do...

    Yes Ernie great.

    Here's an alternative with a ruffle3 bevel applied:
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    Egg

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  3. #13
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    Default Re: How would you do...

    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!
    Jono (Jon)
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  4. #14
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    Default Re: How would you do...

    Quote Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill View Post
    We appear to have tackled it very much the same way Ernie.

    As folks seem to want to know how I went about it:

    VIDEO


    Thanks Egg, for the video explanation on how you did it. You are always very knowledgeable and inspiring.
    Marco.

  5. #15
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    Default Re: How would you do...

    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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    Marco.

  6. #16
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    Default Re: How would you do...

    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.
    Egg

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