Half a Circle

[Raybrite]

I am drawing a robot and need to make a circle for the ears and cut it in half, then flip it and apply it to the other side of the head for the other ear.

I cannot find a way to cut the circle in half. Am I missing something?

[dutchshader]

You could use the segment shape for that

[firstdefence]

or the Pie Tool, and you could also draw a circle and use another shape to boolean subtract.

[Raybrite]

Thanks. I think I have the video on how to do that. I just never thought to go there.

I have 102 videos on my computer of how to do things but I needed to know what tool to use as they don't have big explanations for things. Just titles.

Thanks again.

Ken

[R C-R]

Yet another way: draw the circle, convert it to curves, & break it at the top & bottom nodes to create two half circles.

Categorized lists of the official video tutorials can be found here for Designer & here for Photo. Many of them apply to both apps. You don't need to download them to your computer; just click on a title to stream it to your browser.

[firstdefence]

Old guy robot with a 2:45 rusty shadow or a 3:13 shadow depending on how you look at it lol!

[ygoe]

On 11/21/2018 at 9:53 AM, R C-R said:

Yet another way: draw the circle, convert it to curves, & break it at the top & bottom nodes to create two half circles.

How does that work? I can open the curve at two points but that doesn't change anything. They're still connected and I cannot remove that half part.

[PixelPest]

Maybe like so?

[ygoe]

What is that you're doing at the end to the right-end node? Why isn't just the single node moving away but the entire segment?

Anyway, I've found that I have to deselect the entire circle and can then select each half again. It isn't visible that the line has been broken before the selection is redone.

[PixelPest]

After hitting "Convert to curves" the Node tool is active automatically - then select the 2 points -> "Break Curve" - click 1 point hit cmd+A to select all connected pointsand drag away or delete.