I want to draw a 4-sided polygon with the following dimensions:
Once you have your basic polygon, how do you set the length of each side?
Many thanks,
James.
I think we need to use some math to get it right, and lets make it clear that my mathematical skills are very limited. :-)
Anyway, we should be able to use Pythagoras's theorem to calculate the height of the polygon.
We know the length of the hypotenuse (220 mm) and we know the length of one leg is 15 mm ( (100 - 70) / 2 = 15 ).The square of 220 is 48,400 and the square of 15 is 225.48,400 - 225 = 48.175 and the square root of 48,175 is 219.4880406 (that's where my calculator stops), and this is then the height of your polygon.
Create a horizontal line, 100 mm.Duplicate it ("+" on numerical keypad).Make it 70 mm wide and move it 219.4880406 upwards (I suggest you use the Transformations docker to get all values correct).Turn on "Snap to Objects" and I also suggest you to enable "Show Snap location Marks" (Options > Workspace > Snap to Objects).Use one of the drawing tools (Freehand, Pen or Bézier) to connect the two lines and finally use Smart Fill to create a closed object inside.
Hope this was what you were looking for. :-)