Gear-Config Icon Challenge

[Rik]

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]

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

[Rik]

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

[gwpriester]

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

[Rik]

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!

[gwpriester]

Acorns use of the 8-pointed star suggests another way to do this while maintaining the rounded outer shape. This is not accurate to Rik's shape because I did this from memory.

[Acorn]

Designing real gears was a pain I sadly recall in my engineering drawing classes.

Acorn

[Acorn]

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