How make everything even in a pinwheel

[Matt Sk]

Hi Everyone,

I have a tricky one (at least for me).

I have attached the file I am trying to recreate in Illustrator. I have searcched everywhere on how to do this, but getting the words to "center" in the respective wedge is impossible to find a how to. As well as lining up the colors.

Is there anyone that might be able to point me in the right direction to a learning resource. Everything to do with the Polar Grid Tool has nothing to do with what I am trying to accomplish.

Thank you all in advance!!

Matt

[sishamIAGD]

I think what you are trying to create here is a 'Sunburst Chart'.

Here is a thread that might give you a bit more information..?

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/sunburst-chart/td-p/11969214

[Matt Sk]

Thanks for the suggestion. Looks like I'll need to do it manually as it
points out there is nothing in Illustrator to get things aligned properly.

[Met1 · Accepted solution]

What problem are you having?

I think you have 41 divisons so rotate a line from one end 40 times at 360/41..., same for your text. (Set up one "cell" exactly as you want (choose the longest to make sure it fits).

[Matt Sk]

I was confused by your response. After I say with it for a while, it made a
lot more sense to me.
I wasnt using the rotate anchor properly. I forgot to anchor around the
centre of the circle, not the edge of the text.
Thanks so much for your help on this, it totally worked. Much appreciated!

Matt