Regular (Equal-sided) Polygon

The Regular Polygon tool is used to create single-line closed polygons in which all sides of the polygon are the same length. It has three modes; each mode creates regular polygons with as few as three sides or as many as 4,000 sides.

 

Mode	Description
Inscribed Polygon	Creates a polygon by drawing its radius
Circumscribed Polygon	Creates a polygon with a radius equidistant from the center of the polygon and the mid-point of any of its sides
Edge-drawn Polygon	Creates a polygon by drawing one of its sides

Press and hold the Option (Macintosh) or Ctrl (Windows) key while drawing to toggle between circumscribed and inscribed modes.

 

To create a regular polygon:

1.	Click the Regular Polygon tool from the Basic palette.

2.	Select the mode button to specify the method for creating the polygon.

3.	Click the Regular Polygon Preferences mode button.

The Reg Polygon Settings dialog box opens.

4.	Enter the Number of Sides for the polygon.

5.

Click OK.

6.	Click to set the start of the polygon.

7.	Click to set the end point of the polygon.