How do I align shapes around a circle?

[Amaliss]

How do I align shapes around a circle?
I have a series of small circles I wish to space evenly around a semicircle and circle. Does anyone know if this is possible?
Thank you,
Amaliss

[steve.ledger]

Hi Amaliss,

A similar question came up recently here:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=42313

Might help?

[Fred C]

Hi Amaliss,

Check out Steve Ledger's tutorial here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/250070/tg/w7...d-a-circle.wmv
in this thread:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=42313


Ya' beat me, Steve! :-)

[hrhpaul]

This is how I do it... I use the technique a lot when drawing agricultural tyres... It's quite basic, but if you start with your semi-circle, then draw a horizontal line and rotate it by keying in the angle that you want (30, 60 degrees etc.) depending how many points you want on your circle. I clone each line then reflect it to speed things up... sometimes doing multiples at a time...

[steve.ledger]

..draw a horizontal line and rotate it by keying in the angle that you want (30, 60 degrees etc.) depending how many points you want on your circle..

Bobby Harris has a neat way to create those segment lines.
See his attachment in this post:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showpost...42&postcount=2

[Amaliss]

That's great! Thanks for your help everyone. I'll go and try these out.

[JimR]

This is how I do it... I use the technique a lot when drawing agricultural tyres... It's quite basic, but if you start with your semi-circle, then draw a horizontal line and rotate it by keying in the angle that you want (30, 60 degrees etc.) depending how many points you want on your circle. I clone each line then reflect it to speed things up... sometimes doing multiples at a time...

Does the magnetic tool catch both the circle and the line when you draw the small circles making the centre correct?

JimR