Send e-mail Download Zipped Tutorial ©2011 Gary W. Priester - All rights reserved ©2011 Gary W. Priester - All rights reserved Select the two large rotated ellipses and Arrange > Combine Shapes > Add Shapes. The two ellipses are now combined into one shape. Switch to the Shape Editor Tool (F4). Select and delete just the two middle control points shown in red outline. From the Edit menu, select Paste in Place. This pastes the ellipse you copied to the clipboard back in the same exact location from which is was copied. The combined ellipses will be the side of the stand. OK. If you can make it through this next step, the rest of the tutorial will be a piece of cake. In this step we will create a base for the compass holder. The colors are to help you see the different shapes. Create two rectangles to the sizes shown above at the bottom of the illustration. Convert the larger rectangle to editable shapes (Arrange  menu). Switch to the Shape Editor Tool (F4) and use the arrow keys to move the top two control points to the positions shown. Select the Shape Editor Tool, and click the Make Line icon on the Infobar. Draw a triangular shape (green) and a kind of U-shape. Do this by clicking control points to make straight line segments then by dragging the lines into curves with the same tool. If you are new to Xara and need some help see Drawing with the Shape Editor Tool in Xara Xone Workbook 73. Select the U-shaped object and the combined ellipses shown in orange and Arrange > Combine Shapes > Add Shapes. Do the same for the triangular shape and the front shape shown in pink. Send the altered rectangle (green) to the back (Ctrl b or Arrange > Put to Back). You may need to bring other objects forward or backwards. Spend a moment and get everything in the right order.