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johnnytheboy01
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January 8, 2017
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3D revolve shapes around their own centre

  • January 8, 2017
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Hi all,

I have an image consisting of 1000s of circles (actually rectangles converted to circles using the convert to shape tool) that I would like to change to spheres. However, using the 3D revolve tool results in the creation of doughnuts rather than spheres.

I was wondering if there's a way to make the circles revolve around their own centre and in that way create the spheres that I want. Or if there's a way to cut all the circles in half and then apply the 3D revolve.

Many thanks!

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

You could use a script to replace the rectangles by half circles:

zamena_size [Illustrator Praxis]

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 8, 2017

You could use a script to replace the rectangles by half circles:

zamena_size [Illustrator Praxis]

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johnnytheboy01Author
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January 8, 2017

This is indeed a very useful script, but the only problem is that it also replaces the fill color of the rectangles and I would like that to stay the same (they are all colored differently, I should have mentioned that in my question).

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johnnytheboy01Author
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January 8, 2017

OK, I managed to adapt the script so the color stays the same. Wasn't that difficult but I never tried scripting in Illustrator before. If anyone else would be interested: I just added "newItem.fillColor=currItem.fillColor;" to the script. Thank you for referring me to that script, Ton! I think it will be a lifesaver in many other occasions as well.

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