Patterns Tutorial
- Click the Make button.
- Select Line mode and set Line Size to 1.
- Make sure that the Ruler Depth is set to 6 and that Grid Snap is checked.
- Click the Palette button and select color red.
- Position the mouse pointer at the top left corner of the canvas.
- Press down the mouse button and drag the pointer to the bottom right corner of the
canvas and release the mouse button. A red diagonal line should be drawn.
- Click the Thumbnail button, the save button and the first thumbnail position.
The red diagonal line should be drawn on the first thumbnail canvas.
- Make sure that the Ratio is set to 0.5, the Push Ratio is set to 0.4 and the Push No
is set to 3.
- Select Rotate 90 and click the Modify button.
- Click thumbnail 1 and then click thumbnail 2. The rotated line should be drawn in
thumbnail 2.
- Select Beside and click the Combine button.
- Click thumbnail 1, thumbnail 2 and thumbnail 3. The combined pair of lines should
be drawn in thumbnail 3.
- Select Rotate 180 and click the Modify button.
- Click thumbnail 3 and thumbnail 4. The rotated picture should be drawn in thumbnail 4.
- Select Above and click the Combine button.
- Click thumbnail 4, thumbnail 3 and thumbnail 5. A diamond should be drawn in thumbnail 5.
- Select Edge Limit and click the Combine button.
- Click thumbnail 5 and thumbnail 6. A pattern should be drawn in thumbnail 6.
- Select Beside and click the Combine button.
- Click thumbnail 6, thumbnail 6 and thumbnail 7. The combined picture should be drawn
in thumbnail 7.
- Select Above and click the Combine button.
- Click thumbnail 7, thumbnail 7 and thumbnail 8. The combined picture should be drawn
in thumbnail 8.
- Click the Make button and the Clear Button.
- Select the Filled Rectangle mode.
- Click the Palette button and select color pink.
- Position the mouse pointer at the top left corner of the canvas.
- Press down the mouse button and drag the pointer to the bottom right corner of the
canvas and release the mouse button. The canvas should be filled with pink.
- Click the Thumbnail button, the save button and thumbnail 9. Thumbnail 9 should now be
filled with pink.
- Select Together and click the Combine button.
- Click thumbnail 9, thumbnail 8 and thumbnail 10. The desired pattern should be drawn
in thumbnail 10.
- Finally click the Display button and thumbnail 10 to view the finished pattern.
To view a collection of patterns generated by the program, click the Read button repeatedly
when the display canvas is displayed or click the Read button and a thumbnail repeatedly if
the thumbnails are displayed.