randomobject Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 What is the best / quickest way to achieve precise spaced concentric circles. In Illustrator I'd use the spiral tool. Thanks https://www.dropbox.com/s/blqam2akluzmc0s/Screenshot%202016-08-26%2010.07.56.png?dl=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 don't know if it is the best way. but you could try this: draw a circle with control pressed, than CTRL J , in the transform box: W -=5% and than hit CTRL j again. Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomobject Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Thanks for the rely - unfortunately that gives a smaller gap each time (check link). Does affinity have a Blend (as in Illustrator) tool or something like the Spiral tool, do you know? https://www.dropbox.com/s/xx4meutho4zs08o/Screenshot%202016-08-26%2012.15.13.png?dl=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 don't know if it is the best way. but you could try this: draw a circle with control pressed, than CTRL J , in the transform box: W -=5% and than hit CTRL j again. That gives you a geometric progression instead of an arithmetic one. For example, if the first circle has a diameter of 100 units, then '-=10%' will give you 90 for the next circle but 81 (instead of 80) for the one after that. We need a Blend Tool (which is on the roadmap). Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Yes, the command J gives a proportional change. The easiest I found was to turn on the grid, invoke snapping, and draw, draw, draw. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 yep i see now, maby, draw a circle wit ctrl pressed than ctrl v ctrl c and than W -=5mm and repeat this for each new circle. could be faster than draw draw draw Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomobject Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Yes, the command J gives a proportional change. The easiest I found was to turn on the grid, invoke snapping, and draw, draw, draw. Yep, thats how I did it. Wondered if there was an easier way. Thanks. Thanks for the help everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Just curious: how would you use the spiral to create evenly spaced concentric circles ? Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomobject Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just curious: how would you use the spiral to create evenly spaced concentric circles ? My mistake, its the Polar Grid Tool that is used to create concentric circles. Starting to forget Ai already! ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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