Hello,
I am working on a project that seems like it would be so simple, but it has proved to be quite the challenge.
First was trying to get a circle to grow from one pre-determined size to a secondary pre-determined size with a fixed size between the shapes.
I had some success starting with an Effect-Distort and Transform option to create the initial objects.
Now I am trying to get them around a curved shape and I am dealing with the issue of objects distorting on the path. I found dome great tutorials if I could keep the lines staring, but nothing for a curve.
Is there any known way to have a shape hold its form without distorting on a path, when applied as a brush? If not, is there a better way to create the multiple growing in size objects on a curved path from the start?
thanks
babs
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Simply making a Brush is not going to do what you want, and not just because of the distortion, but also because your specifications require that you specify either the number of beads required or the total length of the semicircle along which you want to distribute them.
Simply making a Blend is not going to do it either, because the required distribution of the interpolated steps of the Blend is not uniform (because their individual widths vary).
So there is no simple "trick" with a single featu
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Hi Monika,
Thanks for the feedback.
The blend doesn't work because I am trying to grow the circle at a very specific size and hold a specific distance.
The spacing get's weird when using the blend.
The scatter brush doesn't let me grow the circle on the path I am putting it on. I can do random sizes, but then it is just that random.
The only thing that gets me close is the transform, but then after I expand and make into a group, and create a brush, that's when it all falls apart in the holding the shape.
Can't seem to get this to work no matter what I try.
Basically, I am making a 10mm circle and growing it to 20mm with 8 mm in between. Then I am trying to get it onto a half oval, that I will reflect to create a whole.
If you have any other thoughts, I am all ears 
thanks!
Babs
It's just dots, right? The dots are not some random example, but it's about dots?
So how about using type on a path?
You need a font with round dots: •
Then evaluate which point sizes will equal your desired sizes.
Type as many dots as you will need.
Then apply the script TextTweaker to interpolate the sizes (www.wundes.com for the script)
Simply making a Brush is not going to do what you want, and not just because of the distortion, but also because your specifications require that you specify either the number of beads required or the total length of the semicircle along which you want to distribute them.
Simply making a Blend is not going to do it either, because the required distribution of the interpolated steps of the Blend is not uniform (because their individual widths vary).
So there is no simple "trick" with a single feature that will yield what you want. But here is one way you can do it in a few minutes:
But you still have to decide how many beads you want, or how long the semicircle is.
JET
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