Appendix D. Solutions for Challenges

Solutions for the challenges are given here.

Red Spiral

Procedure D.1. Drawing the Spiral

1. Create a Grid and enable snapping to it.

2. Create a three-turn spiral with the Spiral Tool, placing the Outer handle directly right of the Inner handle.

3. Draw a rectangle that passes through the Inner handle and encloses the right half of the spiral.

4. Use rectangle to divide spiral (Path → image Division (Ctrl+/)).

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Left: Rectangle encloses right half of spiral. Right: After using rectangle to divide spiral (gray fills ...

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