Each week you will need to respond to two questions posted. Your response should be a minimum of 150 words for both questions. The responses are a requirement for participation part of your grade.
Question 01 –
How do you create a (6 sided) hexagon shape and make the hexagon point up?
Question 02 –
What tool in Illustrator can change a straight line anchor point to a bezier curve?
In order to make a hexagon shape with 6 sides, all you’ll need is the polygon tool that’s located in the tools menu where the rectangle tool would usually be. Upon clicking anyone on the artboard, you’d be given the option to be able to choose how many sides you’d want on that said hexagon. As with the Star or other shapes, you’re able to use the arrow keys by clicking up or down while dragging the shape, rotating is simple, you grab over one of the edges and simply move it in the direction that you want it to go.
To change a straight line into a bezier curve, you can use the direct selection tool on one of the points located on the line, then pulling out the anchors and appear long the edges. You can also use Shift + c to use the anchor point tool and grab the points you want to edit.
1) To create a hexagon in Illustrator, you first select the Polygon Tool, which is hidden under the Rectangle Tool in the toolbar. Once selected, you’ll see a crosshair icon, and click anywhere on the artboard instead of dragging. A box will show up asking you how many sides you want your polygon to have. You then would type in 6 to get a hexagon. You can also drag the crosshair and press the up arrow simultaneously until you get to 6 sides. To make the hexagon point up, select the Selection Tool or type “V”, then rotate the shape 30 degrees.
2) The main tool used for a Bezier Curve in Illustrator is the Anchor Point Tool or “shift+C”. You can find it hidden under the Pen Tool in the toolbar. With this tool selected, you click and drag directly on a straight anchor point. Dragging out from that anchor creates handles, which transform the straight point into a Bezier Curve, giving you a smooth, flowing line instead of a hard corner. This tool is perfect for adjusting vector paths and gives you more control over the shape of your objects.
To make a 6 sided hexagon shape, you would first go to the left to the toolbar and select the polygon tool by holding down the rectangle tool and it will appear. After you selected it, on the artboard, just click on it and a menu will show that highlights the radius and sides of the shape you want to make. A hexagon has 6 sides so you would put the number of sides to 6 and then select OK to create the shape. Once you have the shape, go back to the selection tool and click on the shape, change its rotation to 90 degrees by manually or inputting it from the properties panel for it to point up.
The tool to change a straight line anchor point to a Bezier curve is by selecting the pen tool to first create a line. Then select one of the anchor points on that straight line and then simply drag out the selected anchor to make the line into a Bezier curve.
1) To create a 6-sided hexagon, start by opening a document in Adobe Illustrator. Go over to the polygon tool, which will be in the pop out menu when clicking the arrow on the rectangle tool. Click anywhere on the art board, and a dialog window will open. Change sides to 6 to create a hexagon. Press “OK” and a hexagon will appear with a default white fill and black stroke. Using the selection tool (shortcut V), click on the hexagon, and rotate it 90 degrees while holding shift.
2) To turn a straight line into a bezier curve, start by creating a straight line using the pen tool. Once that is done, go over to the anchor point tool (shortcut shift + c) and click and drag the straight line to create a bezier curve. This will alter the anchor points for you to edit more directly using the direct selection tool. Select an anchor point and you can mess around with it in every direction you’d like.
To make a hexagon you would to use the polygon tool which is located below the rectangle tool or you can right click said tool. With it selected click once on your artboard to bring up a small menu in which you can choose the amount of sides you want it to have. Once 6 is chosen the hexagon will appear on your artboard. Now you can select one of the points on the shape and rotate while holding shift to get a perfect 90 degree rotation.
To change a straight line into a bezier curve you would need to use the anchor point tool. You can find this tool by right clicking the pen tool or using the shift+c shortcut. Once you have the tool simply click and drag an endpoint of the line to make that curve.
To make a 6 sided hexagon shape on illustrator what you have to do is select the polygon tool, click on the art board, and in the dialog box what of have to do is enter 6 sides for the shape. What you would do next is to hover on top of the rotation tool and click it, you can hold shift while rotating the shape so that the shape could be rotated 90 degrees, which makes the shape point upwards.
To change a straight line into a beaker curve in illustrator what you have to do is use the direct selection tool, what you would do is to press A on your keyboard or you would choose the white arrow on your tool bar. From there what you would do is to select the anchor points on the line and click and drag on them to make the line a bezier curve.
Question 1:
In order to create a 6-sided hexagon shape, you need to select the Polygon tool > click on the artboard > a window pops up that lets you enter the number of sides you want > enter 6 and click okay. Now you should have a 6-sided hexagon shape. Suppose you’re going to make the hexagon point up. Click the selection tool > Hover above one of the endpoints> a rotation option should pop up > click shift and move it to a 90-degree angle.
Question 2:
To change a straight line anchor point to a Bezier curve. Select the pen tool > Create a straight line > Select one of the anchors on the straight line > Click on the anchor point tool > Using the anchor point tool, you can change that straight line into a bezier curve by dragging out anchors on the end of the line.