Shape Tool and Points

**mwenz** · 16 June 2015, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by Acorn

Here is a construction you can play with:

With the Ellipse Tool, hold the Ctrl key down and with the Radius or Diameter constraint, draw a red 200 pt circle with zero rotation.
Clone it and colour it green.
With the green circle still selected, switch to the QuickShape Tool and select a Polygon with 8 straight sides.
You should now have a green octogon sitting inside a red circle.

Click drag the centre point of one of the edges radially outwards so it touches the circle circumference.
You should now have a green rounded QuckShape coincident with your red circle.

Delete the red circle.
Clone the green shape.
Use Combine Shapes > Add Shapes to get a final Shape with 8 control points that are equidistant and looks like a green circle.

Acorn

Do a four sided version. The points are in between the existing four points, for a total of 8 points, which is what Giddyup wanted in his OP. Then add shapes.

Egg, still cannot see your video. YouTube says it is still processing it.

***Edit to add. If the circle is cloned, then changed to a polygon, then to have four corners/sides, there is no need to drag nodes. It is aligned to the circumference of the circle.***

**Egg Bramhill** · 16 June 2015, 01:24 AM

Hi Mike, I know. YouTube normally processes a video in a matter of a few minutes but today it's taking almost an hour for one I did earlier.

EDIT: Live now Mike

**Acorn** · 16 June 2015, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by mwenz

Do a four sided version. The points are in between the existing four points, for a total of 8 points, which is what Giddyup wanted in his OP. Then add shapes.

Egg, still cannot see your video. YouTube says it is still processing it.

***Edit to add. If the circle is cloned, then changed to a polygon, then to have four corners/sides, there is no need to drag nodes. It is aligned to the circumference of the circle.***

My steps move a QuickShape into a Shape.
Acorn

**mwenz** · 16 June 2015, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Acorn

My steps move a QuickShape into a Shape.
Acorn

If you clone (ctrl+k) the circle, change it to a 4 sided polygon, there is nothing to move. The 4 corners sit upon the circle. ctrl+1 simply then adds the 4 requisite points. Less effort.