The Xara Trompe L'Oeil Room Page 3
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We'll begin by constructing an Isometric grid upon which we will construct our 3D letters. I'll be using Pixels for my unit of measurement so change your Units to Pixels in the Page Options menu, (Utilities > Options > Units tabbed section. Make sure the Color Units are set to 0-255 while you are there. Press OK to apply the changes.

 Select the Quick Shapes Tool. Select the Create Polygons icon (right) and change the number of sides to 6.

Click on the page with the Quick Shapes Tool and drag a hexagon. On the Infobar, change the Size to 248 and the Rotation to 30. Press Enter to apply your changes.

Set the fill to none.

 Enable Snap To Objects by clicking the horse shoe icon on the Infobar. (It is enabled when the icon is in the down position.

Zoom in tight on the hexagon.

Select the Pen Tool and click an anchor point top left and click the end anchor point lower left.

Press Esc. Add a center line, press Esc. and add a third line on the right side as shown.

NOTE: Xara's Pen Tool can create a series of connected line segments by simply adding anchor points. Placing the ending point on top of the starting anchor point closes the shape to which a fill can be applied. If you're familiar with Bezier curves, the Pen Tool is the tool to do this.

 Select the Blend Tool. Click on the line on the left side and drag to the center line. Now drag from the center line to the line on the right side.

Change the number of Blend Steps (on the Infobar) to 7.

NOTE: The number of Blend Steps does not include the starting and ending blend object.