Y4 - Stonehenge - Duplicate, Rotation & Placement


You will use

Manipulating the Workplane

Placement and resizing

Accurate alignment - Arrow Keys

Rotation

Duplication

First, we need to place and resize our three shapes.

The ground - 100 x 100 x 1 - Cuboid

The mound (hill) - 90 x 90 x 4 - Half Sphere

A stone - 7 x 7 x 20 - Dice shape 

Changing colours

Duplicating Shapes

 Duplicate a shape to use it many times.  All the stones of Stonehenge will be the same proportions. (Alt + drag)

You will also learn to rotate shapes to create a curved line of stones.  Teacher Demo

Hold CTRL to make rotations easier - increments 45, 90

Use the Cone to raise and lower shapes.

Use the Arrow keys for accuracy when placing shapes