Distributing objects around circle

I am working on Mac OS 10.4.11 and Adobe CS3 ME.
I know it's possible to evenly distribute objects in a line. But I would like to evenly distribute objects in a circle shape. Can that be done in Indesign or Illustrator?

Yes, it can be done in either InDesign or Illustrator.
I'm going to give you the steps in InDesign, but Illustrator is almost identical.
First draw the shape that you want to distribute. Position it where you would want the top or 12 o'clock item.
Now, switch to the Rotate tool. As you do, a rotation center point appears inside the bounding box of the original object.
This center point needs to be moved to the center of the circle that you want to rotate the object around. (Or where the hands of the clock would originate from.)
Hold the Option or Alt key and click where the roatation center point needs to be.
A dialog box appears.
Enter the angle of roation. This is usually an amount that is created by dividing 360. For instance, if you want 10 objects around the circle, you would enter the rotation amount of 36 degrees.
If you wanted 12 objects, you would enter the rotation amount of 30 degrees. You figure out what you want.
Use the Preview amount to see what it would look like. When you like what you have, click the Copy button (not the OK button).
You will now have one new object in position. At this point you have "primed the pump" so to speak. InDesign now knows to make a copy at a certain rotation.
Go to Object > Transform Again > Transform Again. The keyboard shortcut is Cmd-Opt-3 or Control-Alt-3.
Each time you invoke the command, a new copy appears in position.
This is the classic way to distribute objects in a circle.
There are other ways to do it that would put the object around an actual circular object.
But you might as well learn this one first.

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Distributing objects around a circle

Hi everyone,
I'm new here, so I'm sorry if I post it to a wrong section.
I'm a begginer with Illustrator and I've got a problem with distributing objects around a circle in Illustrator cs6.
What I'm trying to do is to have these acrhed lines (as per the top three curves you can see below) go around a circle, surrounding it (don't know if i explain myself good...). I was using both blend tool and rotate tool and it doesnt work for me the way I want it. All the time its sort of upside down at the bottom of the cirle and totaly twisted on the left and right... I guess im doing smth wrong, but I just can't find anything helpfull on web..
Would appreciate it a lot if you could helo me!
Thanks in advance and sorry for my English, its not my 1st language.

Cat Nat,
A completely different way, which may be (un)usable for your purpose is to create the circle with a Stroke Weight corresponding to the width of the arched lines and then in the Stroke palette/panel apply Dashed line with Round Caps and suitable Dash and Gap values (you may try different values until you get it right).
You may use the free Adjust Dashes script available here,
http://park12.wakwak.com/~shp/lc/et/en_aics_script.html
to get an even distribution/final adjustment.

Dragging Object Around Circle in Flash with ActionScript 3

I created a blog post that demonstrates how to make it work:
http://flashascript.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/dragging-object-around-circle-in-flash-with-a ctionscript-3/

Ok... I put that code in my flash project and verified that
there are no errors in the code itself. However, when I try to test
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Hi,
I'm trying to figure out a way to distribute objects in a circle but make them uneven. Well, "uneven" in that the objects begin to space out more as they approach the top of the circle like the sample shown. I know how to distribute object evenly but I'm stumped on how to make this happen. Any ideas as to how this can be achieved? Blend and Spine? Transforms?

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Here is a strange one. I want to evenly distribute many small graphic objects (stars, circles, etc.) on a slide. I have inserted a shape; copy and pasted multiple times, and then tried to use the Arrange: Distribute Objects to move them around. Rather than spreading them around on the slide, it scatters them far beyond onto the white sheet (I only found them when I went to 25% magnification.
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Distribute works by creating even spacing either horizontally or vertically among the selected items. It sounds like you may have had some object selected off of the slide.
I'd suggest retrying the process in the following manner. First, make all the copies you want. Then, position at least one at the edges of area you want them distributed. Next, select all those copies one by one (don't use Select All). Now you can use the two Distribute menu items to evenly space them horizontally and vertically.
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Blending objects around a polygon

Hi,
Is there any way in indesign to blend the objects around a rectangle, circle, polygon etc (like in corel draw) ?
Is there any to create custom presets for strokes which should take any kind of objects ?
I require it for creating attractive frame borders

Yeah, looking at the sample file that you posted, you want to use Adobe Illustrator brushes to achieve that result. Here's a free video you can watch on how to do it http://tinyurl.com/myu5r2f. Once you create the artwork, you can place it into your InDesign file as a graphic.

In Keynote '09 distribute objects horizontally/vertically is distributing objects beyond the slide. How do I make the left-most and right-most objects the limit of the distribution?

I used to have the option of distributing objects so that they would overlap, but the current "distribute" tool is functioning as if overlapping isn't allowed. The result is that the objects move beyond the limits of the slide. Any suggestions?

I know that's what *should* happen, but it just doesn't. I've made screen-grabs of the entire process:
Like I said, this use to work just as you've described it. Is there a box I accidentally selected? I just really don't understand why the tool has changed the way it functions...

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Hey peoples, new to flash here. I'm using CS3 with ActionScript 3.0. What I want is simple, and I've done some searching but nothing that can get me the right results. I'm going to post a link that does exactly what I want:
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/d25a3dd46f2ff49f2ec892c425cbbd1e
This rotates the circular object around a center point in a way that you can distort the object yet is still remains turning in a circular motion. A simple motion tween rotating the image will only work if the object is perfectly round, so distorting the object to make it more straight or curved won't work with a simple tween. I want to do exactly what is happening here (with my own object), is there some AS3 behind the scenes here making this turn on a center point?? Thanks for the help

Yes, but I still don't know what you mean by the parent child relationship. Lets say I use a simple rotate line like:
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kasym wrote:
DO runtime is obviously doing a deep copy of plain C struct, and somehow forgets to release Obj-C objects it copied.
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Is this a DO bug, or am I doing something wrong?
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I need some of my objects to always rotate around the same point. How can I select a point which will stay that way?
Using the rotate tool resets after deselecting.
Also, I'd like to rotate objects around a certain point even when using the right click > Transform > Rotate.
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Right, so this is where Illustrator falls short with respect you your need, but only in the sense that the reference point can't be made to stick. You can, however, use Smart Guides to make it so the point is easy to set at exactly the same location, (especially since your object has an anchor point there), manually before each rotation.

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1. Numbers 2.3 is still on your computer unless you deleted it. Look in your Applications folder for the iWork '09 folder. Drag the Numbers '09 (Numbers 2) icon to your Dock. It will become an Alias. Right click (or control click) on it then Options > Keep in Dock. You might actually enjoy running both versions at the same time, to compare features. Just be careful which version you are running before you edit and save.
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If you want to see what has been lost in Numbers 3, go here:
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Message was edited by: Yellowbox. Oops, This will show zero for the top or *right* margin. Mirror image this to *left* margin

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I've only tested this method locally, haven't had time to connect to another remote network to do further testing...
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Look into Hamachi/HamachiX (Hamachi is a hosted VPN app - beta, and HamachiX is a GUI for it - also beta) If this is mission critical work, you may want to wait until it is out of beta..
www.hamachi.cc
http://forums.hamachi.cc/viewforum.php?f=16&sid=8e6c84f54d65b9d8974ca8e1da860932 (Hamachi MacOS X forum)
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http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm
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