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How to draw concentric circles or polygons in Illustrator?

Advocate ,
Sep 15, 2019 Sep 15, 2019

Hi,

Let's say I'd like do draw concentric circles or polygons.

So I draw one - but if I try to draw another shape from the center, it moves the original polygon.

Is there a way to do this?

thank

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 15, 2019 Sep 15, 2019

Turn on smart guides. They show you the centers of objects on rollover even when those objects aren't selected.

Then after drawing one object, deselect it.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 15, 2019 Sep 15, 2019

You can also (while an ellipse is selected and the Ellipse tool is active) click on the Hide Form Widgets button in the Control palette.

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Mar 12, 2023 Mar 12, 2023
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... and uncheck "Snap to Grid" (View)

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Community Expert ,
Sep 15, 2019 Sep 15, 2019

Or turn on Smart Guides (which will show you the center when hovering over it) and Hide the Bounding box by unchecking it.

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Adobe Employee ,
Sep 16, 2019 Sep 16, 2019

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. In addition to the steps shared above, please take a look at this help article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJY8fwOGiGg

 

Let us know if that helps or if you have any further query.

 

Regards,

Srishti

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