Packaging Design: Net This net is for an octagonal based prism. As with all technical drawings, the equipment goes a long way in helping you to draw a complicated shape with little measuring involved.
Use A3 Paper 1cm border, 1cm name bar, 2cm indent.
100mm/10cm
Draw a vertical centre line
20mm Measure 40mm either side of the centre line-this is one side of your Octagon 20mm
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40mm/4cm
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Open your compass up to the length of one side of the octagon
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10mm
PARALLEL MOTION 10mm 45 degree lines are drawn for the sides of the flaps
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1. Home Work: Trace your net onto another sheet of A3. 2. Fill in a design with the theme on recycling using appropriate colours and designs. You can add a window to your design also.Remember do not colour in the glue tabs. 3. Cut out but do not assemble