Distribute graphics around a circle

Question

Hi,
i wanna distribute vector graphics from Illustrator around a circle in InDesign. I played around using the trial and error method. I read something about using the rotate tool to do it exactly, but i'm not able to do it like this. I don't wanna change the angle or duplicate the items. Is there another way? It should be look like this:
Cheers
Mario

Answer 1

I bet this is far easier to do in Illustrator.
Then again, with the help of a little scripting ... Select the objects to be distributed and run this script. You cannot set a "radius"; instead, the radius of the circumscribing circle is calculated from the largest horizontal or vertical distance.
I'm a bit unsure on what the final re-positioning command actually does -- if you select objects of different sizes, you can see what I mean. But with equal-sized objects, such as your butterflies, it works mathematically perfect.
objs = app.selection;
minx = 1e9; miny = 1e9;
maxx =-1e9; maxy =-1e9;
for (a=0; a<objs.length; a++)
if (objs[a].geometricBounds[0] < miny)
  miny = objs[a].geometricBounds[0];
if (objs[a].geometricBounds[1] < minx)
  minx = objs[a].geometricBounds[1];
if (objs[a].geometricBounds[2] > maxy)
  maxy = objs[a].geometricBounds[2];
if (objs[a].geometricBounds[3] > maxx)
  maxx = objs[a].geometricBounds[3];
wide = maxx-minx;
high = maxy-miny;
if (wide < high)
wide = high;
radius = wide/2;
centerx = (minx+maxx)/2;
centery = (miny+maxy)/2;
for (i=0; i<objs.length; i++)
cx = centerx + radius*Math.cos(2*Math.PI*i/objs.length);
cy = centery + radius*Math.sin(2*Math.PI*i/objs.length);
objs[i].move ([cx,cy]);