Butrflied Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Can anybody tell me any tricks or tips on how to make concentric circles of a shape? (actually its a curve not a shape). Basically I want expanding rings but I don't want to change the size of the shape. I tried using power duplicate but I'm finding it impossible to get the exact rotation degree needed to match up. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Butrflied, I tried using the dashed line. But it's hard to get the dots to line up. If that isn't critical, you want to try using a 0.05 in the first field will give a round dot. Then using a decimal like 1.8 in the second field. The phase can help try to get them to line up. I also tried creating a vector brush, but found the dots didn't maintain being round. Sorry. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paekke Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 This gives me headache, I've tried the best I can.. I too get wonky results :wacko: I'm thinking "bug" cause no matter what I try Designer distorts the shape, no matter if it's a shape, or a stroke. I really don't hope this is by design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hey guys, I tried the dashed line technique as well, but I could not overcome the problems. Better dashed line support was already requested here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/6973-dashed-line-update-post-12/ But here’s another idea. Go for the Text on a Path option: Create a circle. Use the Artistic Text Tool to put text on the circle. Select a font and type <Bullet Glyph> <Space> …, until you have the desired number of circles on your path. Then select Justified All, adjust the red wedges and the baseline offset. I used the bullet glyph of Arial in my example file, but be aware, that these glyphs are usually not perfect circles. For perfect results you may have to create a custom font of your own. Copy the circle, scale it and remove unwanted glyphs. Repeat and adjust. When you’re done, you can convert your text to curves. Not the perfect method, but the only one I can think of … :) Cheers, Alex Bullets.afdesign Paekke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 But if you’re not averse to angle calculations, you might also try to adapt this method: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/9472-text-on-a-path-anomaly/?p=40030 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butrflied Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Thanks of your help everyone .. I think I'm going to have to do the math and try A_B_C's method.. my rings are a little more complicated then the dot example I posted .. but I'll let you know if I figure it out. I attached the real image I'm trying to add extra rings to :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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