- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland. … Welcome to Deke's Techniques. … This week is about precisely sizing a regular polygon … here inside Adobe Illustrator, … which may sound scary, or boring, or both, … but allow me to present my case. … And so, let's start with a basic question. … Have you ever clicked with Illustrator's polygon tool, … whether to create a hexagon, pentagon, … triangle, or some other regular polygon, … and wondered how in the world the radius value works? … Well, the radius value of a circle, … that's half its diameter. … And so a circle with a radius of 200 points, … measures 400 points wide. … But let's say you want to draw a hexagon … that's exactly 400 points wide when pointed upright, … so that its left and right sides are vertical. … If you create such a polygon … with a radius value of 200 points, … it falls inside the confines of a similarly sized circle, … and so it's width measures much less than 400 points. … To create a hexagon that measures exactly 400 points wide, …
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4/20/2021Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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