I am desperate...advicxe please making shape

[mrharris2000@adobeforums.com]

Hi guys,
lue shield
For the last two days Ive been working on making this in Illustrator

<http://www.jcea-cea.org/images/8.%20UEP%20logo.gif>

Try as I may, I simply cannot proportionaly create the blue triangle shield part of the logo. I am so sorry for asking this...but could somebody help me out here. All I need is the blue part. Ive been trying to do this with the arc tool, and than that didnt work. Next I trien Reflect command and the sides didnt come out even.

Please, Please.

Mike In Jersey

[mrharris2000@adobeforums.com]

Please.. I need advice. Uggg.....

[Armadillo]

<mrharris2000@adobeforums.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
> lue shield
> For the last two days Ive been working on making this in Illustrator
>
> <http://www.jcea-cea.org/images/8.%20UEP%20logo.gif>
>
> Try as I may, I simply cannot proportionaly create the blue triangle

shield part of the logo. I am so sorry for asking this...but could somebody
help me out here. All I need is the blue part. Ive been trying to do this
with the arc tool, and than that didnt work. Next I trien Reflect command
and the sides didnt come out even.

It is best to work in outline mode.

First create a (equilateral) triangle with polygon tool. (alt+cick for
options, Win)

Then create a circle (using shift key you'll get exactly round) Roughly
twice as high as the triangle.

Put 'Snap to Point and Smart Guides on. (View menu).

Drag the circle by it's centerpoint to one of the triangles cornerpoints. It
snaps to it and smart guides should display the text 'anchor'.

Then copy the circle twice (drag with alt key) and put them to the other two
cornerpoints.

Finally select the three circles. From the Pathfinder menu use intersect
funtion and after that press expand button. Delete the triangle.

Note that you may have to adjust the circle size a few times to get the
result you want.

Jukka

[mrharris2000@adobeforums.com]

Guys...anybody...please help

[John Mensinger]

Mike,

Make a triangle, (choose the Polygon Tool and Click...set Sides: to '3').

With the triangle selected, choose Object > Path > Add Anchor Points. (This will add 3 anchor points; one centered on each side.)

Use the Convert Anchor Point tool to convert the 3 new points to smooth points. After that, it's a matter of moving the 3 points each away from the center of the triangle and adjusting the curve of each side.

[mrharris2000@adobeforums.com]

Yes, but but I need all sides to be exact bend and length...it all needs to be equal. I cant do that freehand..??

[B. Philippus]

mrharris:

Draw a large circle to follow one of the sides, then rotate 120 degrees around the center of the logo. Repeat. Select all three circles, and use the overlap filter, or just get the Illustrator file here:

Bloated Triangle <http://www.itchybug.com/bloatedtriangle.ai>

You'll have to rename the file .ai, then it's what you need.

Bert

[mrharris2000@adobeforums.com]

Holy mother, thanks so much...I cant believe it...thats perdect. Where did you get that from ?

wow

[Jacob_Bugge@adobeforums.com]

Mike,

You may try this:

a) Start with a straight line such as X=0,Y=0 to X=100, Y=0, add anchor point in the middle and change position to 50,10, add direction line to make the arc, adjust to nice curvature (you may also start with a circle, add anchor points and cut to make an even arc, change W to integer value and place endpoints suitably).

b) When you have a line with the right curvature and known position of end points, choose CtrlC+CtrlF to copy, AltO>T>R 120 to rotate and place endpoint on endpoint of the first line.

c) Repeat b) and join endpoints.

d) Adjust size.

[B. Philippus]

mr:

Glad to help. I didn't "get it from" anywhere, I did as I described.

Bert

[mrharris2000@adobeforums.com]

Again...thanks

[Harron_K._Appleman@adobeforums.com]

You must've aced geometry, Bert.

#8~)

[B. Philippus]

Harron:

I'm not sure what to make of that...

Bert

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