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    Question Puzzle Ring

    Here is a Challenge open to all - can you construct a vector design for this Puzzle Ring?

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    To make it a little harder, my rings all have a 2pt White Line Width and the coloured widths are all 2cm.
    The Green ring is 16cm diameter.
    The other rings are just over 22 x 9 cm.

    The sizes are mostly unimportant; I am looking for how the overlapping is addressed.

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    The basics
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    Default Re: Puzzle Ring

    Quote Originally Posted by gwpriester View Post
    The basics
    Thank you Gary.

    I think the ellipses are the tricky part. Could you make one for me?

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    This work?
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    Default Re: Puzzle Ring

    Here I am, a little late sorry...

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    Marco.

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    @Gary, the complexity of this puzzle is the number of overlaps each ring suffers - all have four overlaps from the other rings. Your solution only manages two.

    I split my rings by cloning the uppermost ring and slicing it into two parts so there is only a single crossing.

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    The shadowing and edging is extremely well handled; my design fluffed the shadow until I realised I could group the final design before adding the shadow. I've always said you're a bit shady.
    Could you describe how each ring has exactly a 2 cm banding?

    @Marco, your solution seems to be perfectly symmetrical and a match for mine. Well done.
    Can you answer the same question?

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    Default Re: Puzzle Ring

    If you make your ring or ellipse using a line first then converting the line to shape, the width of the circle/ellipse is uniform throughout.

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    Question Re: Puzzle Ring

    Quote Originally Posted by gwpriester View Post
    If you make your ring or ellipse using a line first then converting the line to shape, the width of the circle/ellipse is uniform throughout.
    Thank you Gary, that's what I was hoping to hear. Convert Line to Shape is one of those essential tools you don't know you have until you fall over it.

    Sadly, I don't think it exists in Web Designer so does anyone have an alternative approach?

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    Default Re: Puzzle Ring

    @Marco, your solution seems to be perfectly symmetrical and a match for mine. Well done.
    Can you answer the same question?

    Acorn[/QUOTE]

    I've done exactly what you both said, first I've created the ellipses and the circle with a line thickness of 2cm and then converted them to shape. After that, centered all (after rotating the two ellipses 45° and -45° respectively) and CTRL-5 to intersect. Done that I've united again the pieces so to build your design an finished adding the line width required.
    Marco.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco D View Post
    @Marco, your solution seems to be perfectly symmetrical and a match for mine. Well done.
    Can you answer the same question?
    Acorn
    I've done exactly what you both said, first I've created the ellipses and the circle with a line thickness of 2cm and then converted them to shape. After that, centered all (after rotating the two ellipses 45° and -45° respectively) and CTRL-5 to intersect. Done that I've united again the pieces so to build your design an finished adding the line width required.[/QUOTE]Thank you Marco, this is exactly what I did.

    I have found that if you do not have the rotation of the shapes are zero or so other corner angle, you get extra jaggies.
    In this case, I got round it by cloning the cutout circle rotating it 180° (as it is rotationally symmetrical) and Adding Shapes.

    Full marks.

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