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Title: Can someone help with CP
Post by: Evilpenguin on June 22, 2004, 05:12:26 pm

Hi all

I am really new to vector graphics.  I am going to try to come up with a decent control panel overlay.  I was wondering if someone could come up with a template for me.  I have included a crude pic that shows what it looks like with some basic dimentions.  So if someone could just create that outline with the correct mesaurements I would really appriciate it.

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: TalkingOctopus on June 22, 2004, 08:57:26 pm

What program do you want it to be done in?  Adobe Illustrator?

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: Evilpenguin on June 22, 2004, 09:56:58 pm

Yes I want it in Adobe Illustrator.  .AI format!  Thanks if you can do it.

Jason

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: TalkingOctopus on June 22, 2004, 11:28:11 pm

Sure, I'd be happy to help, but I don't fully understand your diagram.  What is 5 1/2"?  The diagnol, the height, or the width?

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: Evilpenguin on June 23, 2004, 01:47:43 am

5 1/2 is the little diagonal piece.  Hope that helps.

Jason

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: TalkingOctopus on June 23, 2004, 02:24:59 am

That is what I thought but I just wanted to be sure.  In the zip is an illustrator file.  I hope it is what you are looking for.

http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~stevebec/cp.zip (http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~stevebec/cp.zip)

Good Luck.

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: Evilpenguin on June 23, 2004, 05:32:52 am

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.  Thanks again.

Jason

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: screaming on June 23, 2004, 12:48:00 pm

Quote from: TalkingOctopus on June 23, 2004, 02:24:59 am

That is what I thought but I just wanted to be sure.  In the zip is an illustrator file.  I hope it is what you are looking for.

  How did you get the proportions correct in Adobe Illustrator?

-Steve

Title: Re:Can someone help with CP
Post by: TalkingOctopus on June 23, 2004, 09:49:51 pm

First, I turned on the grid as well as the rulers.  I had the snap to grid option turned on.  Then I made some guides that defined the boundaries of the cp's dimensions.  Finally, I used the pen tool to make the outline.