Uneven Distribution of Objects Around a Circle

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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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.

How would you do uneven distribution of objects?

I whish the Transform Each... tool had a feature allowing specified number of copies along with the Skew feature that is available in the Grid tool.
So far I've been doing this by using the Grid tool as a reference and manually arranging objects which is a big pain in the a**
Anyone knows a better way?
or another vector program, plug in, script, etc?
This is a piece of cake in most 3D programs which is a much more complex task for the 3D programmers and I can't believe that Illustrator still doesn't have such essential tool.

Emil,
Any brush approach wil lead to trouble in a case like this because they will either give you misalignment with the path or distortion.
A blend approach may do it.
In addition to what Steve just said (I had to leave while writing the following, and saw his new post #13):
Your grid approach (upper row) seems to lead to a strange decrease pattern (reduction in distance between pairs of vertical stroked paths),
The first decrease being 3.449 pt, the next three being 2.821, 2.823, and 2.822 (constant), then 3.507 and back to 2.822 again
The last five decreases being 0.314, 0.626, 0.631, 0.338, and 0.002.
Your blend approach (lower row) seems quite consistent with a decrease pattern (reduction in distance between (outer bounds of) pairs of squares) that has a constantly decreasing decrease (the change in the reduction to the next pair) of about 0.053 (with slight variations between 0.049 and 0.057, and leading to an intriguing end game where the reduction is actually increased.
The blend made by Steve seems to lead to an exponentially decreasing decrease (something like 1/1.1875, corresponding to an increasing increase from right to left by the factor 1.1875). I am afraid we should have to ask Teri what the exact relation between handle lengths and nature of decreasing decrease is; I believe it is somewhat complex with (at least) two different handle lengths.
As it appears, I believe your grid approach is less useful than it seems.
Depending on the desired nature of the decrease/increase (depending on which end you start with) you may do it in a few different ways, including the blends mentioned above.
If you wish to really control the decrease/increase, I am afraid you will have to use a more laborious blend approach, a bit similar to the one in this thread with a fake blend:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/808345?tstart=30
Possible approach:
Using a blend to fill a full circle, be aware that you need to cut the circle where you wish the blend to start/stop, and that the first/last objects are on top of each other so you need one extra.
Preparing the contents of the fake blend:
If you want a specific exponentially decreasing/increasing decrease/increase, you may, using the Alt/Option+O+T+M shortcut (or something similar) to copy:
1) Create the basic object and the first copy, inserting the first distance;
2) For the next distance insert the percentage distance (110% for a 10% increasing increase, or similar) and copy the percentage distance;
3) For the following distances, until you have them all, insert the copied percentage distance instead of the current value (in this case you just get 110%);
If you want a specific constantly decreasing/increasing decrease/increase, you may, using the Alt/Option+O+T+M shortcut (or something similar) to copy:
1) Create the basic object and the first copy, inserting the first distance;
2) For the next distance add/subtract the constant change of distance (+2pt for a 2pt increasing increase, or similar) and copy the constant change of distance;
3) For the following distances, until you have them all, insert the constant change of distance after the current value (in this case you get the current value +2pt);
To create the fake blend, you may:
4) Object>Blend>Options set Spacing to Specified Steps with the value 1 and Orientation to Align to Path;
5) Select all objects and Object>Blend>Make, now you have surplus objects in between the desired objects, see 8).
To finish the work, you may:
6) Apply the blend to the (cut) circle;
7) Object>Blend>Expand;
8) Delete the surplus objects.
I hope this was not too easy (to understand).

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.

I cannot wrap around object shape in CS6. The object is a circle.

I have made a circle in inDesign CS6 and need to wrap around the circle. But "wrap around an object" treats it like a boundary box. What is the problem?

Try restarting ID and start a new document. Draw a text frame, fill it with placeholder text. Draw a circle. Click the wrap button indicated in the screen shot. Does it now work?
You may need to reset your preferences.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990
If that fixes it for new documents but not your working document, it may be corrupted.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526991
Mike

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
the movie I get the following error:
Warning: Action on button or MovieClip instances are not
supported in Action Script 3.0. All scripts on object instances
will be ignored.
Thus, when I do a mouse over on that particular country on
the map, nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Thanks again

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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.

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I want to create a shape around a circle similar to the black things on the outside of this dial in the picture below. Anybody know a simple way to adjust the stroke or something to do something like this rather than just creating each individual shape and building them around the circle? TIA!
I want

The strokes are quite easy to do you can use the rotate tool can rotate a copy of the stroke around the knob. Remember this formula:
# of objects / 360 degrees = number of degrees required to the next object.
ex. 10 strokes / 360 degrees = 36 degrees between each stroke. (angle)
In this example 36 would be type into the rotation value as every 36 degrees would be another object.
This only needs to be done once as you can then step and repeat. ctrl-d or cmd-d.
As for the text that can just be text on a path.
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Uneven distribution

Hi All,
I have a cluster of arond 100 storage nodes and 30 proxy nodes. I have taken available memory and max memory from NodeMBeans.
Some of the nodes in the cluster are at 85% some other at 60-65%. I am using coherence 3.3.
Is this is the expected behavior of Coherence ? Is this is the right way of measuring STORAGE nodes usage ?
What are the possible cacuses of uneven distribution ? how can we avoid it ?
How do I make
Node          Avial MAX %used          ROLE
          MEM     MEM
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Node 3 ,     454,     1529 ,     70.31(%) ,      STORAGE
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user594809 wrote:
What is the impact of giving <partition-count> larger than the actual size ?
I am storing around 40GB primary + 40GB backup + indexes. Total cluster size is 150GB. how many patitions should i devide this into. I am using a partition-count of 8191.
How many nodes do you have?
does coherence stores backup copy's in the same partions along side primary data ? ( i.e in 1 partition can it store primary + backup of some other patition ? )
You are approaching it from the wrong side. The unit of data distribution in Coherence distributed cache services is a partition. There is a master copy of each partition. There are configurable (with the backup-count configuration element) number of backup copies of each partitions (by default one copy exists), as long as number-of-nodes >= 1 + backup-count. The backup and the primary copy never resides on the same node, and ultimate goal is that they never reside on the same physical box either. This latter may not always be achievable, e.g. if all your nodes are on the same box.
What should I do to blance the load more evenly on the whole cluster? Whenever the node is reaching 85% memory utilization the chances of getting OOM's/JVM crash are more.
In this situation you most likely need to increase the total available memory preferably with starting more nodes. You may also need to increase partition-count, but that alone may not reliably solve your problem.
Best regards,
Robert

How to Step and Repeat around a circle or radius

For those looking for the simplest way to create multiple shapes evenly (equally) spaced around a center point, here's the only solution in Illustrator.
1. Begin by drawing two intersecting guidelines, centered on your page. Turn on Smart Guides (CTRL + U) so you can make sure you are aligning the finished product.
2. Draw the object you want to use. Center the object on the guidelines.
3. Drag the object away from the intersecting guidelines.
4. Draw a vertical line along the guideline. Make sure that it extends through your object.
5. Decide how many objects you want to create.
6. With the vertical line selected, double-click the Rotate tool (Object > Transform > Rotate...).
7. From the chart at the left, select the angle associated with the number of objects you want.
8. Enter that number and click the COPY button.
9. With the new line still selected, hit CTRL + D to repeat the duplicated line until it repeats completely around the circle.
10. Select the object. (Make sure Smart Guides is ON).
11. Click the Rotate tool.
12. First click the intersection of the guidelines to establish the rotation point.
13. Select the center point of the object and hold down the ALT key to move and duplicate the object.
14. Move the object until it intersects with the next line. You'll see Smart Guides say "Intersect".
15. Hit CTRL + D to duplicate the objects around the radius.
16. Delete the lines. You're DONE!

GRW,
here's the only solution in Illustrator.
There is (almost) always more than one solution.
Another one, or two:
1) Draw the object and place it somewhere appropriate (maybe at a certain distance below the lower left corner of the Artboard X=Y=0);
2) Draw a no fill no stroke circle with a centre appropriately aligned with the object (such as X=Y=0) and a diameter large enough for it to enclose the object, group with 1) or just select both;
3) One of the following performed on 1)+2):
3a) Object>Transform>Rotate inserting 360/N, where N is the number of items round the circle, repeat (Ctrl/Cmd+D) once less (delete the circles if desired);
3b) Effect>Distort & Transform>Transform, rotate similarly with one copy less (this requires grouping); Object>Expand Appearance if desired to have independent separate objects.
Some of the angles in the table are approximations and therefore inaccurate; 360/N is accurate.
A new Circle Thread is born.
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Distribute graphics around a circle

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

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.
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for (a=0; a<objs.length; a++)
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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]);

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Can anybody tell me how to create distribution model through Distribution using object classes option in SALE transaction(Path : SALE - > Modelling and implementing Business processes - > master data Distribution - > Distribution using object classes).What is the difference between normal distribution model creation through BD64 and creating in the above way?
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Please help me its urgent.Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Rakesh.

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I've got CS6 and Windows 7. Trying to make a line with an arrow on one end curve around a circle. Actually want it to have a 3D look like it was curving around the back side of a globe. How do you do this? Thanks.

Perhaps you mean something more like this
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You then make it a symbol
you than make a vertical rectangle and use the 3D Revolve Effect to make a cylinder
then you go to map art
then you choose in the map art to make the geomtery invisible
then you ma the arrow symbol and adjust the placement and then adjust the rotation of the cylinder to your likeing.
If you need a video to follow I'll do one later.

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