How to draw concentric circles with different radii?

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How to draw concentric circles with different radii?

Post by caigner » Thu May 28, 2015 6:26 pm

Hi!

Quite often I find myself drawing concentric circles with different radii. So I choose the circle tool Center Point (CI) and click on the center and choose a point. Then I have to click on the same center and choose another point. And this I have to repeat until I am done. A lot of clicking on that same center point.

Is there a better way? I imagine clicking on the center point and after that only clicking on the points where I want the circles to go through. Can this be done?

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Christian
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Re: How to draw concentric circles with different radii?

Post by Husky » Thu May 28, 2015 7:14 pm

Hello Christian,

whats about the "Offset" (with distance, OF) tool? First Circle with CI - then the other circles with the distance tool ...
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Re: How to draw concentric circles with different radii?

Post by andrew » Thu May 28, 2015 7:33 pm

Good thinking Husky. Or Draw > Circle > Concentric (through Point) which is probably closer to the original task which uses point and click to define the radii.

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Re: How to draw concentric circles with different radii?

Post by caigner » Thu May 28, 2015 8:31 pm

andrew wrote:Good thinking Husky. Or Draw > Circle > Concentric (through Point) which is probably closer to the original task which uses point and click to define the radii.
Hello Andrew!

Thanks for your answer which solved my problem. Concentric through Point is exactly what I need.

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Christian
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