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1:49 PM, Thursday June 17th 2021

It's a little hard to tell, but I don't really think you're extending your minor axes, even now. As shown here on one of your cylinders, this would be what it'd look like to correctly extend each separate ellipse's minor axis.

One other thing - since you've got a fair bit of space available to you, don't be afraid to extend those lines further as well. Right now you're only extending by an inch or so, which doesn't give you too much extrapolation to work with. Extending further is definitely going to make it easier to identify areas where your lines are not converging as they should.

7:42 PM, Thursday June 17th 2021

https://imgur.com/a/D3TjMaDhttps://imgur.com/a/D3TjMaD

Like this? Think I got it.

Thanks for your critique and time :)

8:55 PM, Thursday June 17th 2021

Better but I think there are a lot of cases where you're confusing and conflating the minor axis and one of the contact point lines. Remember that each ellipse has 3 distinct lines. When correct, the minor axis extends down the length of the cylinder, converging with the clyinder's side edges.

Of course, if it's way off, it may run more similarly to one of the two contact point lines, which can be confusing. Just make sure you're always drawing those 3 line extensions per ellipse so you don't miss one.

10:40 PM, Thursday June 17th 2021

Thanks!

See you in lesson 6

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