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    Drawing polygons to apothem

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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      That would be nice. I always construct it with guidelines when I need to draw them. You could draw a hexagon of any size and then measure across the appropriate corners using the Tape Measure tool. Make sure you click on both corners and then type the desired dimension. Yes to Resize. If you make a group or component of the hexagon before trying to resize it and then open that for editing, you can resize the hexagon without affecting the rest of the model.

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      • BoxB Offline
        Box
        last edited by

        And after making them as Dave suggests, save them as a collection of components so you'll never have to make them again.

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
          last edited by

          Indeed!

          I thought that went without saying but... πŸ˜‰

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          • J Offline
            jalsina
            last edited by

            Thanks, but when I do as you say -- create polygon, make component, open component for editing, measure with tape measure, and change the dimension -- nothing happens. I get no indication of an option for re-sizing. What am I doing wrong?

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            • BoxB Offline
              Box
              last edited by

              You need to use the ctrl key to change from guide to measure.
              Basically hitting ctrl with the tape tool toggles a small + on and off. You want it off for the resize function to work.

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                I never hit Ctrl to switch to measuring mode but I do make sure to click at both corners as I mentioned originally. And you need to measure from and to the corners, not from an edge.

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                • BoxB Offline
                  Box
                  last edited by

                  D'oh on me, never knew that one, measure the line not the face. πŸ‘

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Or maybe a better way to put it is measure the distance between two endpoints. They don't have to be on the same edge.
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                    • cottyC Offline
                      cotty
                      last edited by

                      You can find details in the help.

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                      • BoxB Offline
                        Box
                        last edited by

                        Yep it makes sense and works well, I had always done it the other way with ctrl, then you can measure anywhere and it will resize. Different stokes as they say. Once again, like your signature, you've given me something to reflect on.

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                        • J Offline
                          jalsina
                          last edited by

                          Works! Thanks. J

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                            unearthed
                            last edited by

                            SD Mitch has a plugin that'll draw polygons by apothem - http://sdmitch.blogspot.co.nz/

                            Growplan - People ∩ Plants ∩ Place

                            windows 7 64b, 4GB RAM, SU 8.0.16846
                            Gimp, QGIS, Vectorworks 12, Bricscad 11

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                              Blenkey
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                              hi its no big deal. Select polygon tool, select centre point when moving out from centre click ctrl, polygon will toggle between corner and centre of line.

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                                Box
                                last edited by

                                @blenkey said:

                                click ctrl, polygon will toggle between corner and centre of line.

                                This feature was added after this thread, so the ctrl toggle of polygons doesn't work in versions before 2015.

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