It's important to remember that an eqilateral hexagon is wider than it is
tall by a ratio of .8660254037844 (SQRT(3))/2), so setting your x & y the
same will get you close, but not exact.
First - Disable your "snap to grid" under "Tools>Options>OpenOffice.org
Draw>Grid" or hold down the control key while you draw your hexagon if you
want to do it for just this object.
Second (and for this step let's call the length of your side 'X') - Set your
width to 2X your hight to 2X*0.8660254037844 (you'll have to round it a
touch, since it only accepts measurements to the hundredth of an inch).
Try on a width of 2 and a height of 1.73 for starters.
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From: Andrew Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [users] Re: regular hexagon in Draw
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:19:56 -0500
I think I am losing it -- I select a hexagon from the basic shapes palette,
hold my finger on the shift key draw a hexagon x=1.68 y=1.68, copy it,
paste it 6 times -- build myself a nice little honeycomb looking thing, all
the sides line up, all the angles are right -- what am I missing here -- it
sure looks like it works as expected on a mac using OO.0 version 2.0.
Any not sure how other versions (particularly Windows) would handle the
screen display that X11 is displaying on a Mac and I assume linux boxes --
but if the program is doing the math correctly, it would seem to be a
display issue -- for those of us with long memories -- kind of like the
Apple Lisa with the weird rectangular pixels.
Thanks
Andy
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On Dec 5, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Randomthots wrote:
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
If this is a feature that you desire, consider filing an RFE (Request For
Enhancement).
I think I would call it a bug report. What's the point of making it
anything other than a regular polygon by default? At the very least, if
you right click and go into Size and Position, making the X and Y axes the
same length should give you a regular hexagon.
It's very counter-intuitive.
--
Rod
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