Illustrator Question
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- nearestexit
Is there an easy way to take one shape (let's say a circle) and have it duplicated a specific number of times and distributed evenly along a circle? I tried using blends but not sure how to evenly distribute...
- nearestexit0
nevermind...i think i just need to do a little math for each one i do...
- ********0
custom scatter brush?
- ********0
rotate tool and 'copy'
- nearestexit0
but how do you get it to distribute along a circular path evenly?
- akrokdesign0
first hold down option and drag out your circle, place it then do command + d (duplicate)
then you can select a bunch of them and do the same.
- akrokdesign0
rotate tool. use 5, 15 or 30ยบ
- but what if i have 30 shapes? or 26? isn't there a way illustrator can automatically do this calculation for me?nearestexit
- ********0
draw one of those star shapes with star tool with how many points you need
then have "snap to point" turned on and snap somehow your other shape to the vertices- if it is a circle or square you should be able to snap the centre to the point of the starAmicus
- bobandy0
use freehand - it has a sweet multiple rotate tool
- cresp0
Place the object at the top of the circle, then with the rotate tool,select the centre of the circle as the anchor point.
In the rotate settings, type 360/24 in the angle box (if you need to repeating 24 times, for instance), and hit copy until your object goes all the way round.
Hope that helps, or even makes sense.
- nearestexit0
i thought i used to be able to do this, but maybe i'm thinking back to my autocad days.
- Gucci0
like drgss said, make a custom stroke of your shape and you can have it adhere to a path. You can then "expand" it and rotate the elements that aren't on the right angle.
- MrT0
If it's just a circle distributed along a line, make a dashed stroke with rounded ends, dash value of 0 then adjust the gaps accordingly.
If it's not a circle, custom stroke as discussed...