Part 7: Modelling a lego brick

22. Now, we don't want to have to draw any more of those rectangles so we'll use our good friend the pattern tool to repeat out our shape across and down our lego brick.

Type S, then type Rect and select "Rectangular Pattern". Zoom in, select the three edges of the left hand tiny rectangle (or drag select around them) and drag the arrow down. Then, check the "Distance Type" is Extent, change the lower quantity to 4 and the lower distance to -24 and click ok. Zoom out, and your rectangles will be spread along the left edge.

23. Now we need to mirror the top rectangle to the bottom of the brick. Type S, Type Mir, select "Mirror". Now select the three sides of the top rectangle, select Mirror Line in the mirror dialogue, and pick the centre construction line, press ok and zoom out and you'll see the rectangle has been replicated on the bottom edge.

24. We now have a pattern we can reflect to the other side of the brick, so first we must create a mirror/construction line to reflect from. Type S, type L, select "Line" from the sketch toolbox and draw a line down the centre of the brick. Press escape, select the line and type X to make it a construction line.