How to create this in Designer 2

[Jim DuBach]

How can I draw this in Designer2? Trying to draw a circle with cutouts like in attached photo. Don’t seem to find a tool.

Edited December 27, 2024 by Jim DuBach

[GarryP]

It would have been better if you had asked this in the appropriate “Questions” section of the forums rather than in the “Share your work” section as the “Share your work” section is for people to show the things they have created with the software, a bit like a gallery, rather than ask questions.

No harm has been done, but posting questions in the “Questions” section is often, in general, likely to get you an answer more quickly.

A moderator might move this thread for you so there’s no need to duplicate this elsewhere.

P.S. Try the Cog Tool.

[Jim DuBach]

worked thanks

[GarryP]

You're welcome.

[Anan Niamul]

19 hours ago, Jim DuBach said:

How can I draw this in Designer2? Trying to draw a circle with cutouts like in attached photo. Don’t seem to find a tool.

 

Use the Ellipse tool to draw a circle and smaller cutouts. Place the cutouts over the circle, then use the Subtract/Minus Front tool to create the cutouts. Done!

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Anan Niamul

16 minutes ago, Anan Niamul said:

Use the Ellipse tool to draw a circle and smaller cutouts. Place the cutouts over the circle, then use the Subtract/Minus Front tool to create the cutouts. Done!

Or just use the Cog Tool, as suggested earlier, which will be much easier for most cases.

P.S. I don’t know what you mean by the “Subtract/Minus Front tool”. Do you mean the Geometry functionalities?

[Jim DuBach]

The cog tool works great, but the tool uses percentages in sizing teeth or cutouts and so on. I need every cutout to be 1/8” wide and 1/8” deep. Vertical staves go in each cutout which are 1/8” wide, etc. is there anyway to do that with cog tool?

[Jim DuBach]

I’m trying to reproduce the attached;

[Ldina]

1 hour ago, Jim DuBach said:

I’m trying to reproduce the attached;

Designer, a lot of vectors (Pen tool, or modify a rectangle or ellipse shape for the "fingers")and some ellipses for the candle and base holder. Create one "finger", then duplicate and modify the shape for the other fingers (many ways to do that...Move tool, Node tool, Warp, Perspective, Flip horizontal, etc), and reposition in the layer stack as needed.

Wood and other textured bitmap (or vector) images can be clipped into shapes to give similar textures in the final design. You could also create the wood grain on the bench with ALL vectors, but that would be very time consuming (and a recipe for insanity! 😵‍💫). There are some hard and soft shadows, which can be created in Designer or the Pixel Persona (ellipses and/or pen shapes, etc, with suitable fill color, a Blur FX and lowered opacity). That's probably not detailed enough, but that's the approach I'd probably take.

Check out some of the MANY tutorials by Artist Wright on YouTube. Here's one where he adds a wood texture to shapes created in Designer.

 

[Jim DuBach]

Good advice and will work on that. My big problem is making the base cutouts where the vertical staves fit into. The cog tool works great, but I need to make the cutouts 1/8” wide and 1/8” deep. The staves are 1/8” thick. The cog changes sizes by % of which doesn’t give you the “s needed. That is of course I’m totally missing something in the cog tool.

[Ldina]

1 hour ago, Jim DuBach said:

My big problem is making the base cutouts where the vertical staves fit into.

I'd probably not bother with the cog tool at all. Just create the finger shapes you want, with the angles and straight edges as desired, and place them above an ellipse. That way, there's no "fitting" to be done. You can add shadows where the pieces "fit together" to make it look like the original. If you are trying to duplicate that exact design look, trace the original using the pen tool.

EDIT: I'm assuming this project is just a 2D design and not meant for any other purpose, like a template for building a 3D object. If you need multiple views from different angles, or precise, dimensioned plans to layout and cut physical pieces for assembly, I would think you'd be better off using 3D CAD software or a 3D program like Blender, etc. 

[Jim DuBach]

OK, with everyone’s input, I got done. Thanks all
 

Jim

[Anan Niamul]

On 12/28/2024 at 3:32 PM, GarryP said:

Welcome to the forums @Anan Niamul

Or just use the Cog Tool, as suggested earlier, which will be much easier for most cases.

P.S. I don’t know what you mean by the “Subtract/Minus Front tool”. Do you mean the Geometry functionalities?

Yes!

[markwilly]

On 12/28/2024 at 12:35 AM, Jim DuBach said:

worked thanks

 

On 12/27/2024 at 6:45 PM, Jim DuBach said:

How can I draw this in Designer2? Trying to draw a circle with cutouts like in attached photo. Don’t seem to find a tool.

Thanks, GarryP! I’ll make sure to post in the right section next time. The Cog Tool worked perfectly—exactly what I was looking for. Appreciate the help!

[GarryP]

You're welcome.