Both will have bounding boxes around them. Go to Edit – Transform- Choose Rotate – Type 315 – Click Apply Click Apply.Ĭlick twice on the second short rectangle, which should still be on top of the long rectangle. While the top shortened rectangle is still selected twice for rotation, go to Object – Transform. Click on it again–until it is in rotation mode.
While it is selected, Type CTRL-D.ĬBe sure that you have selected the short rectangle that is on top. When we copied the rectangle, we copied it with its moved rotation point. The shortened rectangle should still be selected. You should see the first rectangle and the shorter rectangle on top of that. The Transform Menu will open at the top of the Right MenuĬhoose Scale. While it is still selected, go to the top menu and choose Object – Transform Now, we want to alter the copied rectangle’s size. Hold the CTRL key and drag the + to the bottom of the rectangle. With the mouse, click exactly on the plus. When the arrow is in rotation mode, look carefully, and you will see a + that will initially be in the exact center of the rectangle. This means that the rectangle is in rotation mode. The bottom and top arrows are horizontal. Notice that the arrows of the bounding box have changed. With the Select Tool, select the rectangle again and the Bounding arrows will change. That will copy it.īefore we do anything else to this shape, we want to prepare it for rotating. After the rectangle has been selected one time, Type CTRL-D. When the bounding box looks like this, you can copy the shape or change its size. Notice that the top and bottom arrows are straight up or down. Select the rectangle once, and the bounding box will appear as follows: Click on the “Add” button.ĭraw a huge rectangle to cover the workspace.Ĭlick on dark blue in the color swatches to color the background a dark blue.įrom the left Tool Box, choose the Select Tool: Type a name for the new layer in the space that says “Layer Name.” Name this layerBackground. To create a New Layer, click on the + at the bottom of the Layers Menu Type Shift CTRL-L and the Layers Menu will appear on the right. Afterward, I followed a few simple steps to copy and rotate the rectangle and Voila! I can not only create the above snowflake but a wide assortment of other snowflakes, too. Believe it or not, I only needed to draw one rectangle to create the above snowflake.
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