# How to draw hexagons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-draw-hexagons/20424>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [May 8, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-draw-hexagons/20424 "2003-05-08T15:12:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@ave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ave)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-draw-hexagons/20424/1 "2003-05-08T15:12:33Z")

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another easy drawing question really , whats the best/easiest way of drawing and Accurate hexagon in FlashMX ??

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-draw-hexagons/20424/2 "2003-05-08T15:36:18Z")

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the line tool?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-draw-hexagons/20424/3 "2003-05-08T15:42:48Z")

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lol

yes, draw one line, duplicate it, rotate it 60 degrees then drag it to the end of the original. select the original again, duplicate it again, rotate that line -60 degrees and drag it on the other end of the original. select all 3 lines, duplicate, rotate 180 degress, drag on to the orignal lines where both endpoints match up. preseto, perfect hex (if not darn well close to it)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-draw-hexagons/20424/4 "2003-05-08T16:52:14Z")

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ho ho red viper very funny :crazy: as i said is in easy question.  
Its just that i wanna make a hex grid thing so i need them to be perfectly accurate.  
cheers senocular will do it that way, as ive been trying to import from fireworks but i wanted the hex to be a flash vector.  
Mainly i asked to see if there was some neat trick to it , but it seems not !

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-draw-hexagons/20424/5 "2003-05-08T16:57:05Z")

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if you want it a grid, it might be better as a bitmap… depending on the spacing and how its used. Using a bitmap would be better for smaller grids… just make one tile of one hex (within a grid) so it can be repeated as a bitmap texture on a shape. That way you only have one shape for the grid (and a small bitmap) instead of lots and lots of lines in Flash. Depending on your circumstances, its something to consider.