LibreOffice-Suite-Draw/C4/Working-with-3D-objects/English
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Show Slide 1
Spoken Tutorial on |
Welcome to the spoken tutorial on | |
You will learn to Edit and apply 3D effects to objects and Create special effects using Duplication
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Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04
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Show Slide 4 Object Let’s create a geometry chart which shows a 2D shape and its equivalent 3D form Ex: A square is a 2D object A cube is its 3D form ● || |
Switch to a Draw file named as 3DObjectsChart. |
We have a new Draw file here named as 3DObjectsChart. |
Before we begin the drawing, let’s enable the grids and the guidelines.
We have learnt about this in previous tutorials. | ||
Click on View >> Grid >> Display Grid
Click on View >> Guides >> Display Guides. |
From the Main menu, click on View select Grid and Display Grid
Then again click on View >> | |
Point to the Ruler | I want to set both the rulers to centimeters. | |
Place the mouse pointer >> horizontal ruler. Right-click >> Select Centimeters. | Place the mouse pointer on the horizontal ruler.
Now right-click and select Centimeter. | |
Place the mouse pointer >> vertical ruler.
Right-click >> Select Centimeters. |
Place the mouse pointer on the vertical ruler.
Again, right-click and select Centimeter. | |
Draw the box as shown in Figure 1.
<<Please ensure all the objects are placed within the margin. Or they will get cut when printing.>> |
Let us now draw a text box on the top of the page. | |
Enter the text Geometric Shapes in 2D and 3D inside it. |
Let’s insert the text Geometric shapes in 2D and 3D inside it. | |
Let us now divide the page into two vertical halves using a snap line. | ||
Click >> vertical ruler and drag it to the Draw page. | Click on the vertical ruler and drag it to the Draw page.
A vertical dotted line appears. | |
Place the dotted line on the page Point the page is divided two halves. |
Place the dotted line on the page such that the page is divided into two halves. | |
Insert a text box on the left side
Type >> 2D Shapes inside it. |
Let’s insert a text box on the left side and type 2D Shapes inside it. | |
Insert a text box on the right side
Type >> 3D Shapes inside it. |
Let’s draw another text box on the right side and type 3D Shapes inside it. | |
Let us enable the 3D toolbars. | ||
From the Main menu >> click on View >> select Toolbars >> select 3D-Objects. | From the Main menu, click on View, select Toolbars and 3D-Objects. | |
Click on View >> Select Toolbars >> 3D-settings. | Again click on View, select Toolbars and 3D-settings. | |
Point to the respective boxes | The 3D-Objects and 3D-Settings tool boxes are displayed. | |
We will first draw the 2D shapes. | ||
Draw a rectangle, a square, a circle and a triangle one below the other as shown in slide 4. <Pause> |
We will draw a rectangle, a square, a circle and a triangle. And place them one below the other. | |
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Select rectangle >> color it Turquoise 1 | First, let us change the colour of the rectangle to Turquoise 1 | |
Use the CTRL+C keys and create a copy of the rectangle. Press the CTRL+V keys to paste it. |
Let’s make a copy of the rectangle. | |
Drag the copied rectangle and place it on right half of the page. |
Let’s drag the copied rectangle and place it on right half of the page. | |
Select the copied rectangle and
right-click to view the context menu. |
Now, while it is still selected, right-click to view the context menu. | |
Click on Convert >> Select To 3D | Now click on Convert and select To 3D. | |
The 2D rectangle is converted to a cuboid. | ||
Double click on the box rectangle and Type the name as Rectangle <Pause> |
Let’s type “Rectangle” inside the rectangle shape. | |
Double click on the right side 3D rectangle box | However, we cannot type text inside 3D objects. | |
To type text, we need to use the Text tool. | ||
Click on the Text tool >> Draw a text box inside the Cuboid |
Click on the Text tool and draw a Text box inside the Cuboid. | |
Type the text Cuboid inside it. | Type the text Cuboid inside it. | |
Select the text box and the Cuboid. right click and click on Group |
The Text box and the Cuboid are treated as two separate objects.
Therefore, let’s Group them. | |
Select the Square >> colour Turquoise 1 >> right click >> select 3D objects Select the Circle >> >> colour Turquoise 1 >> right click >> select 3D objects |
Similarly, we can colour and convert the Square, Circle and Triangle into 3D objects. <Pause> | |
We have used extrusion to create a chart of 2D and 3D figures. | ||
Switch to the Draw file
Point to the 3D-Objects toolbar |
Draw also provides ready-made 3D shapes.
You can insert these shapes using the 3D Objects toolbar. | |
On the left side page right click and select >> New page | Let’s insert a New page in our Draw file. | |
Select Shell in 3D-Objects toolbar | Let’s select a shape from the 3D-Objects toolbar, say Shell. | |
Move the mouse to the page and drag it on the page. | Then draw it on the page. | |
Draw also allows you to create 3D objects using body rotation on 2D objects. | ||
Select the circle on the drawing toolbar
and drag to Draw a circle |
Let’s draw a 2D shape, say a circle on our Draw page. | |
Right-click >> select Convert >> choose To 3D Rotation Object |
Right-click for the context menu and select Convert.
Then choose To 3D Rotation Object. | |
Point to the 3D object. | Observe what happens to the circle.
It is now a 3D object. | |
You can also use Fontwork Gallery to create 3D text objects. | ||
Go to the drawing toolbar and point to the Fontwork Gallery icon >> then click on it. | Click on the Fontwork Gallery icon on the Drawing toolbar at the bottom. | |
Select Favorite 16 >> click on OK. | Let us select Favorite 16 and click on the OK button. | |
Point to the text Fontwork | The text Fontwork is displayed on our Draw page. | |
Re-size this text for demo (enlarge it) | We can re-size this text as required. | |
Point to the text Fontwork | Now, we may want some other text in its place. How do we do that? | |
Double-click inside the text Fontwork | Simply double-click inside the text Fontwork | |
Now you will be able to see the word Fontwork in black colour within the larger text. | ||
Select this text and type Spoken Tutorials | Select this text and type Spoken Tutorials. | |
click anywhere on the Draw page |
Now click anywhere on the Draw page.
The words Spoken Tutorials will now be displayed on the page. | |
Next, let us learn how to apply effects on 3D objects. | ||
Select the first object chart. | Let us apply effects to our spherical shape. | |
Select the spherical shape >> Right-click for context menu >> Select 3D Effects |
So let us select it and right-click for the context menu. Now select 3D Effects. | |
Point to Geometry, Segments, Normals | You can see various options here. | |
Change Depth to 3cm. | For demo purpose, let us change Depth parameter to 3cm. | |
Under Segments >> Horizontal = 12 | Under Segments, let us change Horizontal to 12 | |
Under Normals >> select Flat. | Under Normals, let us select Flat option. | |
Point to the preview window. | Observe the appearance of the object in the preview window. | |
Point to the Assign icon on the top-right hand corner of the dialog box >> now click it | Now click on the Assign icon at the top-right hand corner of the dialog box. | |
Click on the X mark at the top-left hand corner of the dialog box. | Next, click on the X mark at the top-left hand corner to exit the dialog box. | |
Observe our shape now. The effects we selected have been applied to it. | ||
On the left side right click and select >> New Page In the drawing toolbar select Rectangle move the mouse on the page and draw a rectangle |
Let’s create a New Page and draw a rectangle in it | |
Let us create an effect using Duplication on the 2D rectangle. | ||
From the Main menu select Edit >> click Duplicate. | From the Main menu, select Edit and click Duplicate. | |
The Duplicate dialog box appears. | The Duplicate dialog box appears. | |
Enter the following values -
Number of copies = 10 Under Placement X Axis = .10 Y Axis = .20 Angle = 0 degrees |
Let us enter the following values -
Number of copies = 10 Under Placement X Axis = .10 Y Axis = .20 Angle = 0 degrees | |
Point to Enlargement
Width = .20 Height = .30 Start color = Yellow End color = Red |
We will keep the Enlargement Width and Height as default
We will change the Start color to Yellow End color to Red | |
Click OK. | Click OK. | |
Point to the special effects. | Look at the great special effects that we got! | |
Point to the angles and other options as per the narration. | You can get many more effects by changing the angles and the other values. | |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT |