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Plotting Object 6

It’s been a while since we had to explore the original reason for this tutorial series – Plotting objects in real space. The hand brake handles are a good reason to resume. Zoom in on the lower left corner of the page (x 0.00 y 0.00) so that you can see an area about 4 inches across. Create two 0.25-inch long intersecting lines and group them together. Duplicate and place (using the Property Bar) according to the table below:

Creating Object 6

Starting at plot point 1 click over the crosses with the straight line pencil tool.

Once the shape is closed, convert the segments to curves and smooth as shown in the second example (blue line).

Transforming Object 6

Duplicate and apply a horizontal mirror to the handle. Since these objects are rotated down (more open) you need to apply a modification of the standard formulas. Apply the following: Vertical stretch 90 percent. Horizontal skew 34 degrees, Rotate 30 degrees and fill with white.