923 Creating a beveled, equilateral triangle

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland. … Welcome to Deke's Techniques. … This week, we'll take a plain old equilateral triangle … here inside Illustrator, … and we'll turn it into this classic Mercedes-like star, … which is perhaps a little more complicated … than it may at first appear. … Here, let me show you exactly how it works. … All right, here's the final version of the artwork … open inside Illustrator, … and based on nothing more than an equilateral triangle. … But before I show you how to do that, … I want to show you what's going on under the hood. … And so I'll go ahead and switch to this guy here, … which is an equilateral triangle, … that is to say each one of the sides … is the very same length. … And it happens to have a height, … which is indicated by a lowercase h, of 300 points. … And you can confirm that's the case, if you like, … by first going to the View menu … and confirming that your smart guides are turned on, … and then go ahead and select the line segment tool. …