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Corel Question
Is there a way within Corel Draw to duplicate and object, but rotate it and place it on an arc?
I want rectangles that are equally spaced and correctly rotated to follow a particular sized arc. For example, like on a car speedo….
Any ideas? I’ll do it by hand if I have to, I just wanted them to be correct 🙂 for a design I’m doing for a regular customer’s new van.
Adam
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8 Replies
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Adam,
It might take some working out but in Arrange…..Transformations……click on rotate which will open a docker……there are settings in there which should do what you need
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Cool, just worked out a method of doing it, but have to do it one shape at a time. I’m sure I’ve seen it done with distribution, but this way is good enough for now!
Thanks Glenn!
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Glenn’s is possibly the best way, but u can use blend and then start curving it or fit to path…. hard to explain really
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done this a few times for dials
set up one square. click it again and the rotate arrows show, all so the centre dot. move the center dot to the center of the arc and use rotate duplicate no deg to move.
chris
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Hey Chris, Thanks, I’ll try that too 🙂 Easier than calculating the centre plus half the size of the rectangle to work out where to place the duplicate!
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Ok, so dial decal is done. Now I’m stuck with the numbers. I want to do the same with the numbers except not have them rotated to follow the arc.
It’s to go on the side of a van as part of a company logo, but I want it very clean in cut vinyl….
I’ll keep trying different ways 🙂
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Ok, I’ve duplicated the numbers around the circle and then moved the centres back, edited the text and reset the rotation to zero. That’ll do.
Thanks for the help guys!
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There is a macro which can do this goto http://www.macromonster.com or http://www.oberonplace.com its on one of those.
Alan D
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