EXPLORING EUCLIDEAN
1. To drawing polygons.
• Click the polygon icon at the ‘Complex
objects tool bar’
Polygon icon
• Draw polygons with the number of
sides of your own choice, for example
a octagon (8 sides), a decagon (10
sides), dodecagon (12 sides).
2. To label the point.
• Right click on the point to be labeled.
→Choose ‘properties’.
• In the ‘Properties’ window, type in the
name of the point eg. P1, P2 etc..
3. To rotate the point [2 points].
• Click ‘Point’ at the menu bar.
→select ‘Point – Rotated/ Homothethc’.
→Click on ‘P1’, then click on ‘P2’.
• A ‘Properties’ window appear as in no
2. →In the ‘Angle measure’ box, type
in the degree of angle you want to
rotate the points or select the existing
choices of -90o, -60 o, -30 o, 30 o, 60 o, 90
o
.
→Then, click ‘Ok’.
• Using the same procedure, you can
rotate the points on the circumference.
• If you right click on the point, you can:
Destroy → for deleteing the point,
Hide → for hiding the point,
Properties → for labeling the point,
Color → for changing the colour.
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4. ‘Segment (s)’ tool.
• To draw segments of a circle.
click the ‘Segment (s)’ icon
Click any two points, for example point
‘B’ and point ‘D’ as in diagram in
number 3:

Segment (s) icon

Part 2

5. Manipulating ‘Segment (s)’ tool.

Without a circle, you can create two
points, joint with a line by:
Clicking the ‘Segment (s)’ icon.
Click two different place in the layout.

TRY THE FOLLOWING TASKS:

Using the skills you have learnt earlier
(Procedures 1 – 5), do the tasks below.

Tasks 1:
a) Study demonstration Part 1, Part 2 and Part Part 3
3.
b) Using the some basic skills u learnt above,
try to produce the end product as shown Task 2:
below. a) Try to produce symmetrical pattern as
below.
b) Create your own symmetrical pattern.