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Building a step pyramid - A Xara X step-by-step tutorial

After you ungroup the blend, you should have 8 grids.

Select Layer 1 in the Layer Gallery and check both check boxes (Layer visible and Layer editable). When you uncheck Layer visible, the contents of the layer will be invisible. Whne you uncheck Layer editable, the contents of the layer are locked and can not be edited.

Select the top grid and cut it to the clipboard (Ctrl x or Edit > Cut). Make sure the title bar for Layer 1 is selected. Paste the contents onto the layer using Shift Ctrl v.

Cut the next grid down and paste it onto Layer 3. Again using Shift Ctrl v and making sure that the title bar for Layer 3 is selected.

Continue cutting and pasting the grids onto every other layer as indicated by the numbers to the left of the illustration above.

 

Building a step pyramid - A Xara X step-by-step tutorial

Uncheck all the check boxes except for Layer 15. And select the title bar to make this the active layer.

 

Building a step pyramid - A Xara X step-by-step tutorial

Select the grid and ungroup the squares (Ctrl u). With all the grid squares selected, hold down the Shift key and click each of the four red corner squares to deselect them. Press delete and you should be left with just the four red corner squares.

 

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