David King wrote:
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.
Thanks
One way to get not only a regular hexagon or pentagon but any regular
polygon, along with a variety of other pretty patterns is to download
"Danny's Draw Power Tools" from ooomacros.org (Go to "For End Users").
Once you've got it, just open it (it's a Draw document), click on the
button labelled "Star/Polygon", select your options, and away you go.
One of my all-time favourite downloads!
Thanks very much for this, which works nicely, and is one way - if a bit
inconvenient.
I did install the latest OO version, to no avail - it seems this non-regular
hexagon drawing behaviour is intentional. That's a shame, because every other
similar program (including Microsoft) I've used will draw regular hexagons
easily.
It may be that the simplest way is to draw a random hexagon, then set its size
manually to 10cm x 8.66cm. Now you can resize this holding down the shift key
and it will maintain the aspect ratio. And you can copy/paste for more.
Not as good as it could be, hence I thought I was probably missing something.
Thanks for your help, all
If this is a feature that you desire, consider filing an RFE (Request
For Enhancement).
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Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
My Book: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html
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