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Lesson: Creating Object Patterns ■ 221
Practice Exercise: Creating an Array of Objects
In this practice exercise, you draw a 1 x 1 rectangle
and create an array using the Polar and Rectangular
array options.
1. Begin by drawing the rectangle:
■ Start the Rectangle command.
■ Click the first corner in the drawing
window.
■ For the other corner enter D (for
Dimensions). Press ENTER.
■ Enter a length of 1 and a width of 1.
■ Click to position the rectangle.
2. To create a polar array:
■ On the Home tab, click Modify panel >
Array.
■ In the Array dialog box, click Polar Array (1).
■ Click the Select objects button (2) and
select the rectangle. Press ENTER to return
to the dialog box.
■ Click the Center point button (3) and, using
object snap tracking, track a center point
that is two units down from the midpoint
of the rectangle as shown.
■ For Total number of items (4), enter 6.
■ For Angle to fill (5), enter 360.
■ Click OK (6).
■ Zoom to display your polar array, which
should resemble the following illustration.