Exploring 3D in Flash - Flash 3D: Animation, Interactivity, and Games - page 11

making a copy of the front, pasting it in, and moving it into position. Since the copy is
on top of the original front view, choose Modify > Arrange > Send to Back. Your draw-
ing should now look like the right side of Figure 1.12.
Figure 1.12 Front and sides of the symmetric dimetric desk drawing
Step 5: Complete the drawing
We just need to transform the top view to complete the drawing. Select the top view.
We have previously set the width to 75% in the Transform palette, and we must now
also set the height to 75% so that its height matches the width of the sides.
To determine the skew angles, we will apply the same reasoning as in the previous
exercise. The horizontal sides of the top must be vertically skewed 15 degrees to match
the horizontals of the front side. The vertical sides of the top must be horizontally
skewed 75 degrees to align with the -15 degree skew of the right and left sides. Enter
these values in the Transform palette, then move the top into position, and you should
have the results of Figure 1.13. Foreshortening the drawing by changing the width
makes the desk appear more realistic than in the isometric drawing. Save your file
as desk_Dimetric1.fla .
Figure 1.13 The completed symmetric dimetric desk drawing