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- [Voiceover] Alright, in this movie,



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we're going to create our cube of cubes,



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and we're going to do

so entirely dynamically.



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So, all we have here

is three path outlines,



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those same three paths that we created



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in the previous movie.



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Everything else is a dynamic effect.



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Alright, so I'll go ahead and switch over



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to our base cube right here,



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and I'm going to zoom out

by pressing control zero,



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or command zero on a Mac.



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And then I'm going to start off by



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adding some custom guides.



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So go ahead and turn on your guides layer,



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and select the layer as well.



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Make sure that it's active,



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if you're working along with me.



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And then, go ahead and grab

your line segment tool.



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And you want to click right there,



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at the bottom of the cube,



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in order to bring up this dialog box.



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And this time we're going

to set the length value



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to 600 points, so it's

very big value, indeed.



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And we're going to set the

angle value to 30 degrees.



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And the reason it's 30 degrees



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is because remember, we

started straight down,



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which is negative 90 degrees,



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and then we rotated up, to 120 degrees.



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And so, if you were to enter those values,



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120 minus 90,



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and then press the tab

key, you would get 30.



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At which point, click OK and

you can see that sure enough,



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we now have a very long

line in the same direction



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as the bottom edge of the cube.



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Now in my case, it has no fill or stroke,



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and so just because I want

to be able to see it here,



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I'll set the line weight to one point.



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Alright, now we want

to create another line



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in the opposite direction,



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but because I have this wonderful



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dynamic line tool function here,



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which I actually hate,



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I'll first need to deselect the line



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by pressing control shift "A",



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or command shift "A" on a Mac,



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and then I'll click at that same point.



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And this time, I'll leave the length value



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set to 600 points,



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and I'll set the angle

to 180 minus 30 degrees,



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because, after all, we want it to go



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in the opposite direction up 30 degrees.



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And if I press the tab key,



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I'll see that that

reconciles to 150 degrees,



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at which point, if I click OK,



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I end up getting the desired effect.



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Alright, now press the "V" key



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to switch back to my black arrow tool,



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and I'll shift click on

that first path right there.



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And then I'll right click



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anywhere inside the document window



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and choose Make Guides.



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And that gives us a couple

of custom guidelines.



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Alright, now let's just go

and zoom in a little bit.



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And what you want to do is

return to your cube player.



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And notice how we've got

three separate paths.



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We really want to assemble

them into a single object.



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And so, because they have

different fills going on,



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we're going to have to group them,



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as opposed to creating a

compound path, for example.



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And so, go ahead and marquee

those paths, like so,



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and then go up to the Object menu



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and choose the Group command.



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Or, of course, you can

just press control "G",



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or command "G" on the Mac.



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And then, try experimenting with



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dragging along this edge



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in order to figure out a

point where you want to put



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a duplicate cube.



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And so, let's say I want

it right about there.



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Or, let's imagine that I have

a specific distance in mind,



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which I do, so I'll just go ahead



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and press the backspace key,



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or the delete key on the

Mac, to get rid of that guy.



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And I'll re-select my cube, and this time,



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with my black arrow tool active,

I'll press the enter key,



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or the return key on the Mac,



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to bring up the Move dialog box.



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And this is pretty near

exactly what I want here,



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but I was looking for a

distance value of 82 points,



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and of course an angle of 150 degrees.



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We know that from when we created that



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previous guideline right there.



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And now, you just need to note the



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horizontal and vertical values.



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Now, the horizontal value

is quite complicated,



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so I'm just going to select it



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and press control "C",

or command "C" on a Mac,



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to copy it, and I'll write

down the vertical value



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which is -41.



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At which point, I might go

ahead and click the Copy button,



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just so that I can see

what things look like,



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but I already know that this

is going to look pretty good.



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But I want you to notice something.



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Notice how when I apply

static duplication,



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the old shape is in front of the new one.



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And so, to put it in back,



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I would have to right

click, choose Arrange,



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and choose Send to Back.



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And that's going to help me get a sense



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for whether this is what I want or not.



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But of course, I already

know that in advance,



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so I'll go ahead and select this cube



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and press the backspace key

or the delete key on a Mac,



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to get rid of it.



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And you might think so far

I'm just wasting time, because



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I haven't really gotten much

of anything accomplished,



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but watch this.



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I'll go ahead and select

this grouped cube,



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and then I'll go up to the Effect menu,



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choose Distort & Transform,



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and choose the Transform command.



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And I'll select that Horizontal

Move value right there



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and press control "V", or

command "V" on the Mac,



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to paste that value that I

copied from the Move dialog box.



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And then I'll change the Vertical

value to that other value,



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which was -41 points.



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You don't want to rotate the cube.



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It's very tempting to use this value



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as an indication of the angle of movement,



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but that's not what it is.



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That's the angle of rotation, so



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leave it set to zero.



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And then turn on your Preview checkbox,



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and you should see that cube

move along the guideline.



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At which point, click in the Copies value



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and press the up arrow

key one, two, three times



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for a total of three copies,



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which when added to the original,



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gives us a total of four cubes.



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And then click OK.



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And notice, one of the difference between



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dynamic and static duplication



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is that instead of putting the new cube



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in front of the old one,



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Illustrator puts the new cube in back,



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which is exactly the effect

that we're looking for.



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Alright, next what you want to do



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is switch to the appearance panel



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by going up to the Window menu



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and choosing the Appearance command.



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And then, select that Transform

that's applied to the group



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and drop down to the little page icon



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in the bottom right corner

of the appearance panel



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and click on it to make a

copy of that first transform.



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And that's going to make some more cubes



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up and to the left.



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That's not what we want,

but it's going to be



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a terrific jumping off point.



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And you'll see that's the case by clicking



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on the second instance of Transform,



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so remember that dynamic

effects are organized top down,



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so the first one's at the top,



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and the last one's at the bottom.



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And we'll see more examples

of that as we work along here.



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But what I want you to do is

turn on the Preview checkbox,



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leave Copies set to 3,

leave Vertical set to -41,



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that's just fine, but you want to take



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the horizontal value and just

get rid of it's negative sign.



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Then press the tab key



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and notice that works out brilliantly.



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So you're creating three more copies



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of that first row of cubes.



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So one, two, three more rows,



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which gives us the top of what

we'll be in just a moment,



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our cube of cubes.



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At which point, click OK, and then



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create a duplicate of this guy



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by clicking on the little page icon.



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And so our first Transform

effect is at the top,



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then the one we just

assigned is in the middle.



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And now our newest one is

at the bottom of the stack.



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Go ahead and click on the word Transform



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at the bottom there.



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And this time you want to change

the Horizontal value to 0,



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and change the Vertical value to 82,



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because remember, we

were moving it 82 points



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along a 150 degree angle.



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And so now, if you press the tab key



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and turn on the Preview checkbox,



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you're going to create three more copies



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of that top group there,



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which is going to fill

out the cube of cubes.



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At which point, click OK

to accept that change.



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And so, I just want to make

sure you understand this,



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because this, to me, is

a little bit confusing.



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But the first effect is on top,



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and the last effect is at the bottom.



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But just to demonstrate that's the case,



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I'll turn off the first Transform,



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and you can see we no

longer have those rows



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going off to the right, but

we have everything else.



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Whereas if you turn on the first Transform



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and turn off the middle one,



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you're going to miss the duplication



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going up and to the right.



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And then if I turn on that

one and turn off the last one,



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that is, the one at the

bottom of the stack,



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I'm going to see the

very top plate of cubes,



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but none of the ones below.



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And so, it takes all three



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Transform effects working together



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in order to create that cube of cubes



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as an altogether dynamic effect,



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here inside Illustrator.