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Join Segments | |||
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We will now join all of the segments that will make up the outside of the design. Hold down the CTRL key and click on the left side of the top CutArt. Click on the arcs just outside of the polygon. Click on the right side of the top CutArt. |  | ||
Continue in this manner until you have selected all of the elements that make up the outside of the design. Click the Join button. The segments are now joined together as one object. |  | ||
Zoom in to the center of the design. If you click on one of the inner openings, you will see that it is not a complete enclosed object since we broke the intersections where the arcs crossed one another. Click on one of the inner openings and click the Close button. |  | The inner opening is now an enclosed entity. | |
Do the same with the other inner openings to enclose them one at a time (highlighted here). |  | ||
Hold down the CTRL key and click on each inner arc of the combined CutArts. Click the Join button. |  | ||
The arcs are now joined together as one object. |  | ||
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Rotate the CutArt | |
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Now we want to rotate the CutArt to be more symmetrically balanced. Select one of the two choices below to continue this lesson: |  |