Objects in a circle

Good night
I have a limited knowledge that allowed me to open this topic.
I want to insert an object type in a circle.
Do not you understand? The image explains: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-74727895/stock-vector-union-symbol.html
I appreciate the help of friends.
Sincerely,
Elio Castro

Seemslike it would be a simple thing to do, no such luck
1 Darw youfigure and duplicated it in avertical straight line a good enough distance to make the number of copies you need
2. In the Objeclt>Blend>Blend Options specifythe number of steps you need. Also note the orientation of the blend.
3. Make the Blend (Object.Blend>Make or hit Command Option B on the Mac or Control Alt B on the PC)
4. Draw a circle to the size you need and select the blnd nd the circle
5. Go to the Object>Blend>Replace Spine
6. Select the scirror tool and cut the circle anywhere along its path
You get this
7. Now go to Object>Blend>Expand and select the individual figures witht he lasso tool and select a color for each if you desire different color.
(this part you do not have to do if yu only want one color or if the colors are a sequence between to set colors.)

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thisComp.layer("controller").transform.scale;
Now when you scale the controller, the SQUARE scales accordingly. It works for any property.
Note that since the expression doesnt refer to the property's own keyframes, those keys are now ignored. To refer to the property's own key value in an expression, use simply 'value'. For instance:
s = thisComp.layer("controller").transform.scale/100;
[s[0]*value[0], s[1]*value[1]];
The possibilities are pretty much infinite.

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