Ai CS6 - Skewing Objects To Match Other Objects

Question

Here is what i have.
There are 3 elements there. the top of the clap board was placed before i started tryinbg to create the slanted dashes that are on the average clapboards. The white dash was skewed using Object > Transform > Shear. Then i atempted to rotate it to fit.
I need 4 of these skwed white squares / trapazoids on the top along with 4 to match on the top of the larger potion of the clapboard. I do not want to eye it as it will be a part of a logo.
What would be the best method to use?
Is there a way to draw the 4 retangles on top of a perfectly horizontal long black rectangle and skew the white dashes at the same time?
Is there a way to skew based on the demensions of the longer black rectangle?

Answer 1

PC,
Clapboards come in quite different designs.
Presuming you wish to make one with the white diagonal lines inside the clapstick and reverse lines on the slate, you may, using fill/nostroke paths:
1) Create the black clapstick rectangle in its horizontal position and the slate right beneath it;
2) Create the leftmost white rectangle with the desired length (of the horizontal edges) and height on top of 1), placed vertically as desired, then Object>Transform>Shear using the desired angle, then Object>Transform>Move by the desired distance, equalling the desired length of the (of the horizontal edges) of the black lines in between; this will give you the 4 white lines, which you may group;
3) Select the white lines and Object>Transform>Reflect horizontally ticking Copy, then Object>Transform>Move by the height of the clapstick to place the copied lines on the slate;
4) Select 1) and 2), which you may group, then
4a) With the bottom left Reference Point ticked in the Transform palette insert the desired rotation angle, or
4b) Switch to the Rotate Tool and click the bottom left corner to set the centre of rotation there, then ClickDrag (anywhere) to rotate (you may hold Shift after starting to rotate to limit to the predetermined angles), or
4c) Rotate in other ways.