Shape around Path

That Illustration of yours didn't help clarify things very much. Back up a little bit. Forget about shapes for a moment. Please take the time to describe in detail what you want the viewer to see on the screen.

There may be better ways than shapes to skin this particular cat.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

Yup, there's an easier way to do that.

• Make a square-shaped solid, and scale to taste.
• Position it at the center of the circle.
• Change the solid's ANCHOR POINT to define the radius of the circle.
• Duplicate as many times as desired.
• ROTATE each solid in equal increments of degrees. For 12 squares, it would be 360/12, or 30, 60, 90, 120, etc.

Done.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

That's too much work Dave ;-) I'd go with using a dingbat font coupled with a Text Layer's Path Option.

HTH
RoRK

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