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How do I make a circle???

    norik - 05:48pm Mar 20, 2004 Pacific

    I can't seem to figure out how to make a circle or an oval, just a rectangle.... help please!!!


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    Bob Rubey - 06:28pm Mar 20, 2004 Pacific (#1 of 17)

    click and hold on the rectangle tool...some other tools will "flyout"...select the ellipse tool...to make a perfect circle, hold down the shift key while drawing
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    Jacob Bugge - 03:39pm Mar 21, 2004 Pacific (#2 of 17)

    Or, if you want a specific size in mm/points/pixels or whatever, and/or placed on a specific spot, just draw an ellipse or circle and fill in the relevant X, Y, W, H in Transform.
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    John Kallios - 05:30pm Mar 21, 2004 Pacific (#3 of 17) Edited: 21-Mar-2004 at 04:30pm PST

    Or with the ellipse tool selected, click on the artboard and enter the desired size for the width and height dimension. (or, after entering the width dimension, click on the "height" description and it will enter the width's dimension in the height)

    I mean this in the most nice and polite possible way. Read the manual.

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    Rob Hecker. - 07:29am Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#4 of 17)

    Or with the spiral tool, set the segments to 4 and the decay to 100.
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    Galumph - 07:35am Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#5 of 17)

    Well, there is actually one more way - using the Polygon tool click on the artboard & set the number of sides to 1000.
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    John Kallios - 08:29am Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#6 of 17) Edited: 22-Mar-2004 at 07:30am PST

    Never say only one more way.

    Create a 2" square and apply filter>stylize>round corners with 1" corner radius. (or effects>stylize>round corners)

    There is never only one more way in Illustrator.:)

    (I know, you meant another way.B-))

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    Jacob Bugge - 01:30pm Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#7 of 17) Edited: 22-Mar-2004 at 12:37pm PST

    If a polygon with 1000 sides counts there is yet another way, with the pen tool (everything in pixels, and press Shift when dragging):

    Position the pen tip at the first anchor point (0,-100), and drag to extend the direction line 55 to the right; place the second anchor point at (100,0) and drag 55 upwards; place the third anchor point at (0,100) and drag 55 to the left; place the fourth anchor point at (-100,0) and drag 55 downwards; finally close the curve at (0,-100), once more dragging 55 to the right.

    Is there a sillier way to do it?

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    Harron K. Appleman - 02:12pm Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#8 of 17)

    Is there a sillier way to do it?

    Yes. You can buy the artwork from me.

    I will sell you a circle in vector format for $500.

    Sorry, no refunds for reading the manual.

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    Jacob Bugge - 03:35pm Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#9 of 17) Edited: 22-Mar-2004 at 02:37pm PST

    Is there a discount on small circles?

    And, now that I think of it, there is another way with the pen tool, a little easier:

    Position the pen tip at the centre you want, or adjust with Transform; place another anchor point to make a straight line; set the stroke weight to the desired diameter; choose Object>Path>Outline stroke; go back to Transform to readjust the centre X, Y and set W and H to 0; set fill to None and stroke to the colour you wish (or reverse if you want a filled circle).

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    Brander Chatfield - 03:52pm Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#10 of 17)

    Or type the letter "o", convert to outlines, release compund paths, and with all of that selected, add to path.

    -or-

    type the period symbol and convert to outlines.

    All the while choosing a font with perfect curves for your "o"s and periods...

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    B. Philippus - 08:24pm Mar 22, 2004 Pacific (#11 of 17)

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    John Mensinger - 11:45am Mar 23, 2004 Pacific (#12 of 17)

    Very nice Bert! Can I have a hit?

    Now if only making crop circles was so easy....

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    Brander Chatfield - 02:30pm Mar 23, 04 Pacific (#13 of 17)

    Crop circles? I just saw a candid camera episode where they were trying to fool folk in Kansas with Department of Unexplained Happenings (DUH) personnel showing aerial photos of the irrigation wheel pattern circles and claiming that they were crop circles...
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    Rob Hecker - 06:50pm Mar 23, 2004 Pacific (#14 of 17)

    Yes Bert, great circles.

    Rob

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    B. Philippus - 07:05pm Mar 23, 2004 Pacific (#15 of 17)

    It is TOBACCO, allright! TO-BAC-CO. From the South Farthing.
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    LenHewitt - 01:36am Mar 24, 2004 Pacific (#16 of 17)

    Back on Topic, please, Guys
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    Jacob Bugge - 04:04am Mar 24, 2004 Pacific (#17 of 17) Edited: 24-Mar-2004 at 03:04am PST

    What is tobacco? Oh, you mean pipe-weed, leaf. Do you use Longbottom Leaf? Or is it Old Toby, or maybe Southern Star?

    And why is everyone talking about circles? One should be enough.

    And, if you read the topic closely, even an oval.

    So there is no need to be too choosy about the font, an oval o will do, as will a 0.

    And you can print D twice, make them into outlines, reflect one and put them together, merge and remove the inside curves. That was sillier than the first pen tool solution, perhaps even siller than buying.

    Sorry, Len, I sent the above before I saw you called us to order.

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