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Further Illustration of the Hexagon
To draw the hexagon in perspective we must first find the rectangle in which it is inscribed, according to the view we take of it. That at A we have already drawn. We will now work out that at B. Divide the base AD into four equal parts and transfer those measurements to the perspective figure C, as at AD, measuring other equal spaces along the base. To find the depth An of the rectangle, make DK equal to base of square. Draw KO to distance-point, cutting DO at O, and thus find line LO. Draw diagonal Dn, and through its intersections with the
lines 1, 2, 3, 4 draw lines parallel to the base, and we shall thus have the framework, as it were, by which to draw the pavement.
| Fig. 211 A. | Fig. 211 B. |
Fig. 212.