Draw and Fill a Kite

[Acorn]

Following on form the discussion here:http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...ll-a-trapezoid, describe your best, quickest and most accurate way to draw a mathematical kite.

Acorn

[mikeymopar]

you're killin' me man. didn't have time for "play" today but, like you, stuff like this draws me in

many ways to do a generic mathematical kite that is just visually correct by definition (from quick and easy to time-consuming and over-complicating the issue) BUT rather tricky if you're stipulating some of the dimensions like....

two sides must equal a certain given length, or a given length at a given angle, or two sides must be one given length and the other two another given length, or you have the two given angles only to design against, or...or....gaaaahhhh

i've got a couple of the iterations done from a quick generic one to a couple with specific lengths and/or angles that i set to design to but i can't ignore the kids any longer. gonna have to wait until tonight when they're in bed. i think i'm making your challenge more complicated than you were intending it to be....or are you that evil?

[Acorn]

No - pure evil.
Acorn

[theinonen]

Ok, after quick look at the wikipedia I created this. Not sure about the mathematical part, but at least it looks to be the right shape.

[Acorn]

Thanks for a nice end result, but it is the how the Challenge is about.

Can you describe your steps?

Acorn

[theinonen]

Basically I would do it like this.