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drAW With the ovAl tool
Many otherwise complex objects are, in fact, simply a collection of primitive shapes.
In the case of this car, you should recognize that the car’s wheels are actually made up
of three concentric circles. The basic shape tools — including the Oval tool — make it
very easy to create this type of object.

1. With corvette.fla open, select the Wheels layer (in the Timeline panel) as
the active layer. Zoom into the rear wheel in the sketch.

2. Choose View>Rulers to show the Stage rulers at the top and left edges of the
document window.

3. Click the horizontal ruler, hold down the mouse button, and drag down to
place a horizontal guide in the center of the sketched wheel.

Rulers appear at the
top and left edges of
the document window.

Click the top ruler and
drag down to place a
horizontal guide.

The Wheels
layer is active.

4. Click the vertical ruler, hold down the mouse button, and drag right to
place a vertical guide in the center of the wheel.
You will perform a number of steps in this and the next exercise that will depend on an
exact center point — where these two guides intersect.

Note:
Click the left Because this is a hand-
ruler and drag drawn sketch, the wheels
right to place a aren’t exactly circular. It’s
vertical guide.
okay if your circle doesn’t
exactly match the sketch.

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