Geonext Tutorial 2 – Constructing a Square
In Geonext Tutorial 1, we used the circle and polygon tools to construct an equilateral triangle. In this tutorial, we are going to use the circle, the parallel and the perpendicular line tools to construct square ABEC shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 - Square formed by construction using circles, parallel and perpendicular line tool.
In constructing our square, we will first construct the a circle with radius AB, construct a line perpendicular to AB, passing through point A (see line CD), construct a line parallel to CD passing through point B (see line EB), then construct a line parallel to AB and passing through C (see line CE). We then hide all the objects except the vertices of the square and line segment AB, and use the segment tool to construct square ABEC. Follow the instructions below to construct the square.
Instructions
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1. Open Geonext. Click the New Board button. |
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2. To construct a circle with center A passing through point B, click the Circle tool, click the drawing board to determine the center of the circle, then click another location to determine its radius. Notice that Geonext, automatically names the points in alphabetical order.
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3. Double click the Straight Line icon to display the list of tools. Choose Line segment tool. Observe that the Straight Line tool icon on the toolbar is replaced by the Line Segment icon. Click point A and then click point B to construct radius AB.
 Figure 2 - Tools that appear when you double click the Straight line tool in the toolbar. |
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4. To construct a line perpendicular to AB passing through point A, double click the Line Segment tool to display the related tools. Choose the Perpendicular line tool, click segment AB, then click point A. |
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5. Next we construct the intersection of the line constructed in step 4 and the circle. To do this, click the Point tool, then click one of the intersections. Observe that Geonext automatically names the point C and the opposite point D. After step 5, your drawing should look like Figure 3.
 Figure 3 - The appearnce of the drawing after step 5. |
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6. We now construct a line parallel to CD and passing through point B. To do this, double click the Perpendicular line tool to display the list of related tools, and choose Parallel line. Click line CD (not the points), then click point B. |
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7. Applying step 6, construct a line parallel to AB and passing through point C. |
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8. Using the Point tool, draw the intersection the line parallel to AB, and the line perpendicular to AB passing through point B. Geonext will name this point E. |
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9. Next we hide all the objects except the vertices square ABEC and segment AB. To hide the objects, double click the Rename tool (located at the bottom of the toolbar), and choose Hide. Click all the objects except points A, B, C, E and line AB. Notice that all the clicked objects change colors. These are the hidden objects. |
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10. Click the Move tool and move the vertices of the square. What do you observe? |
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11. Using the Line segment tool, construct segments AC, CE and BE and we are done. |
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12. Move the vertices of the square. What do you observe? |
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