2D/3D Design
2D (Inkscape) Design: Basic Wrench
Set up the primitive shapes
- Using the circle and rectangle toolbar icons on the left side of the window, draw two circles and a rectangle of any size.
- Select all objects and set the stroke to black, and the fill to transparent (the "X" color on the bottom left corner of the page)
- Set the dimensions of the rectangle to 75x15mm and the width/height of each circle to 20mm (i.e. 20mm diameter)
For rectangle:
For circles: - Ensure the rectangle and circle stroke style are all set to "hairline" (
Object
>Fill & Stroke
to open the right panel, then select theStroke Style
tab and select "hairline" from the width's units dropdown).
- Drag the circles so they hang over either side off the rectangle.
- Using the Align and Distribute panel (Accessible from the top menu - Object > Align & Distribute), select all three objects and click "Center on horizontal axis" (the icon in the bottom middle of the Align icon set) to align their vertical centers.
Creating the interior/flats