Corel Draw

Question: Make a drawing as given:    
     

Note:

The gear is formed from a 24 point star from Basic Shapes.
Its inside and outside are trimmed with suitable sized circles using Weld and Intersect.
 
  The 3-D effect and shadow are created using Interactive Extrude and Interactive Drop Shadow tool  
  The spring like structure is created using Transformation-position features.
Should be familiar with Transformation-
rotate also.
 
  The text is made to flow around a shape using Text Fit to Path option in Text menu  
  Should be familiar with various options available in the Arrange menu like
Group/Ungroup
, Align/Distribute, Combine, Order etc.
 
  The orange ellipse is dimensioned using Dimension Tool