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Creating Stars
Polygon tool has a small arrow in the lower- right corner of the tool. That little arrow indicates that this tool has a
flyout.
To draw a star,
1 Click on the Polygon tool and hold down the mouse key. A flyout menu will appear showing other tools.
2 Click on the Star tool from the flyout menu.
3 Click on anywhere in the drawing area and drag the mouse pointer.
4 Release the mouse button when the desired end of the star is reached.

Drawing Spirals
There are two types of spirals. They are
1 Symmetrical spiral
2 Logarithmic spiral.
A Symmetrical spiral expands evenly so that the distance between each revolution is equal. A Logarithmic spiral
expands with increasingly larger distances between revolutions.
Spirals of different sizes can be drawn with Spiral tool.
To draw a spiral,
1 Click and hold the Polygon tool. A flyout menu will appear.
2 Click on the Spiral tool from the flyout menu.
3 A value should be entered in the Spiral revolutions box on the property bar to set the number of full-circle
revolutions to appear in the new spiral object.

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CITS : Apparel - Sewing Technology - Exercise 3