> Just to make sure that I understand what you are trying to draw -- a > regular Hexagon would be one will all sides and angles being equal? > -- if that is what you are looking for holding the shift key works.
That's what I'm looking for. It does not work for me - it looks wrong, and when I duplicate the shape with a 60degree rotation the duplicate is not the same as the original. > The only thing I can see that I did differently was to select the > Hexagon from the Palette, and then clicked the "top left" corner of > the location where I wanted to draw. I checked for 'Palette' in the help files, and the term does not appear in this context ... so could you please clarify? The thing I've tried is on the 'Drawing' toolbar, and the help tip tells me it is in 'basic shapes'. If your method is the same as mine, I'll download the latest release assuming a previous bug. Many thanks for helping - appreciated > Andy > Spitfire Computer Services > > On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:02 AM, David King wrote: > > > > >> On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 10:21 +0000, David King wrote: > >>> Is it possible to draw a regular hexagon/pentagon in Draw, > >>> without resorting > >>> to a calculator? > >>> > >>> Holding the Shift key merely restrains the outline to a square. > >>> > >> > >> These are basic shapes in the current release. Perhaps if you tell us > >> the OS, release of OOo you use and as much info on your system as > >> possible we will be able to give a better answer. > > > > OpenOffice 1.9.100 WinXP > > > > May be in the latest version the way of drawing polygons has > > changed? I > > couldn't find it on the OpenOffice site anywhere, and there are no > > refs to > > hexagons or pentagons in the archives. > > > > I'll update of course if I need to, but I've seen nothing to > > suggest it'll > > help. > > > > To be clear about the problem: to draw a hexagon, I select the > > 'basic shapes' > > hexagon, and click / drag on the screen. This will draw a hexagon > > whose > > dimensions depend on where I dragged to. I can also hold down the > > shift key > > while dragging - in this case I get a hexagon whose width and > > height are > > constrained to a set ratio. Unfortunately the ratio is not that of > > a regular > > hexagon. I could calculate what the proper ratio is then set it in > > 'properties' - but that's a load of trouble. I thought there might > > be a trick > > that I've missed....? > > > > Thanks > > In harmony David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
