How to draw concentric circles or polygons in Illustrator?

[turner111]

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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[Monika Gause]

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.

[Kurt Gold]

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.

[Alexandr26828482334ahp5]

... and uncheck "Snap to Grid" (View)

[Ton Frederiks]

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

[Srishti Bali]

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