Gear-Config Icon Challenge

**Acorn** · 18 August 2019, 02:18 PM

Quickshape of 8-pointed star aligned over the design.
Line, 15pt, Smooth Curve tracing out one cog.
Rotate and drop off cloned cogs at 45 degrees around centre of gear.
Simple centred circle, 15pt, no Fill.
Grouped and coloured as needed.

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Acorn

**ernie-f** · 18 August 2019, 02:42 PM

Gear-Tool in Affinity Designer. Export as SVG.

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**ss-kalm** · 18 August 2019, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by ernie-f

Gear-Tool in Affinity Designer. Export as SVG.

We'll done Ernie. Although I suspect outside the intent of the challenge.

**Rik** · 18 August 2019, 04:17 PM

Some very good ideas there, guys.

egg: To be continued...!

Acorn: I didn't want to do any tracing. To me, that wouldn't be accurate. If I understood what you mean?

siran: That method looks very accurate.

ernie: I am not surprised in the slightest that AD has it built in.

Me?: Well, my idea is very similar to siran's. Except that I didn't think of using the shape tool to draw the 8 point star. I drew a rectangle and did things from there.
See the attached file.

**gwpriester** · 18 August 2019, 04:36 PM

http://gwpriester.xara.hosting/gear-up/

**Rik** · 18 August 2019, 05:02 PM

Well now, Gary.
That is very different.
I like it!

**gwpriester** · 18 August 2019, 05:37 PM

I used the Scale to Fit option (new with 16.2) so it scales down nicely on my iPhone.

**Rik** · 18 August 2019, 05:48 PM

I had to draw the icon for work and wondered if there was a better/easier way of drawing it?
As usual, there are different ways.
And it seems that Affinity have the challenge totally nailed!

**Acorn** · 18 August 2019, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Rik

Acorn: I didn't want to do any tracing. To me, that wouldn't be accurate. If I understood what you mean?

Rik, by tracing, I used the original to determine the arcs and using the Ctrl key and other vertical and horizontal adjustments of the line nodes, I have a completely symmetrical cog. There is therefore no guesswork.

Egg's "Raw [sic] by eye" is similarly "not accurate". siran's equally has some judgement required. Gary's is fitting points in a way close to mine; two of the lines have to be best guesses. Yours has its nudge points. Only ernie-f's nails it for accuracy to the original.

siran's is the best for the tip, yours for the profile.

In the end, a hard call but an enjoyable challenge.

Acorn