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Honeycomb Array Tutorial
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- For a honeycomb pattern of stepping stones or tile:
- Draw the inside hex to size.
- Parallel by distance a hex defining the width of the grout/filler.
- As shown inside red circles:
- extend a lie from the inner to the outer hex using 'perpendicular to a
line' command starting with a gravity snap on the inside hex corner.
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- Array the hex with selection handle shown and points 1 and 2.
- The array can be made larger than the area to be filled and then the
excess selected and deleted.
- Delete placeholder objects.
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- To make a symbol out of this that can be repeated easily we'll do these
steps.
- Setup a new layer with a color like orange. Draw all the positioning
aids on this layer.
- Draw the parallel by distance entities around both lower hexes.
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- Select the section shown and set a Drawing Handle (CTRL+H) at bulls eye.
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- Move section to point shown using Intersection Snap.
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- Either of these operations will properly set the handles for symbol
placement purposes.
- If rulers are on-screen, click cross at corner and then gravity snap to
point at Arrow.
- On Point Menu choose Set Drawing Handles and gravity snap to same point.
- Since inserting a symbol will make all symbol layers active, delete all
extraneous lines and placeholders now.
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- Symbol can now be loaded into a drawing and arrayed in one direction by
snapping to end opposite handle. Spacing should be correct if handle was set
properly.
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To be able to array the honeycomb both directions:
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Load the symbol in a drawing.
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Set Enable Stick Handles in OPTIONS
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Draw the 3 parallel by distance objects shown at 1/2
the width of the spaces.
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Select just the 'blue' honeycomb section and group define
it.
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Set a first handle at the lower left position.
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Set a second handle at the top left.
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Where second handle is set is also where you will snap to
for direction 2.
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You can reverse the array order, or reset the array
values.
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The symbol can also be made with the 2 handles, but you must
also include pointmarks or other snappable placeholders for the array points.
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