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lister110
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March 13, 2019
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donut chart in illustrator >with curved ends

  • March 13, 2019
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Hi everyone, Im wondering how this can be done. I need to create a donut chart in illustrator,  which has a curved end and start as below. Hopefully this can be edited to reflect the percentages if change. I can get the basic chart information using a gradient start or stop with the desired colours, or use a brush to follow the path, bu was wondering tif there is another way?

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    barbara_a7746676
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    barbara_a7746676Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 13, 2019

    This is a good tutorial that shows how to make a donut chart and preserve the data so that it can be changed and updated later. How To Make a Donut/Doughnut Chart in Illustrator Keeping Data Live - YouTube

    However, that does not give you round caps. Once everything is final, you'll need to draw the paths as Jacob Bugge described. Make a copy of the "live" graph before doing that so that you can edit the data if it happens to change later.

    By the way, I was able to get a raised look using these settings on the clipping mask, but not the rounded caps.

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    lister110Author
    Inspiring
    March 13, 2019

    How do I break apart the percentage amount?

    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 13, 2019

    Lister,

    You can use stroke/nofill paths with Round Caps and split the green one in two, then set a stacking order with (from the bottom) the green hollow end, the whole blue, the whole red, and the green round/front end.

    And then gradients across the stroke with sharp transition (two stops on top of each other at 50%).

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