Best way to make triangle?

Forum|Forum|13 years ago
June 6, 2012
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Hi,

What's the best/quickest/simplest way to draw an equilateral triangle in

InDesign?

Thanks,

Ariel

T

Tom Greca

Participant

Make any shape,select it, then go to object, convert shape, triangle

J

Jeffrey_Smith

Community Expert

Polygon Tool, Width: 1 and Height .866

TᴀWAuthor

Legend

Thanks Jeffrey. Any idea what is wrong with my calculations?

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rob day

Community Expert

The ratio of the base to the height of an equilateral triangle is the sqare root of 3 x the base divided by 2. So for a 2" equialteral the height is (1.732 x 2)/2

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Do it in Illlustrator, copy, paste in ID.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Not really.

ID also has a polygon tool hidden under the other shape tools. Double-click it and you can set the number of sides to 3, Hold the shift key while you drag and that should do it.

TᴀWAuthor

Legend

You had me fooled Peter!

Thanks for the suggestion -- just measured and that does the trick.

Ariel

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