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.

[Mike Bailey]

This is how I would draw a kite.

[mikeymopar]

with no size or angle dimensions specified here's my quickest and easiest generic kite that i could come up with

[theinonen]

Actually I first draw it the same way as Mike Bailey, but then was fooled by the mathematical part of the description and chose that particular shape where the intersecting tangents of a circle can define another circle.

[Acorn]

My claim is I have angle accuracy down to two decimal places with this approach;



Interesting how all the solutions are going for a vertical symmetry.

Acorn