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Start Tool: Understanding the Radius Settings

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Nov 05, 2019 Nov 05, 2019

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I understand theoretically that radius 1 in the star tool controls the distance from the center of the star to the outward points; radius 2 controls the distance from the center of the star to the inward points. But I've experimented and researched, and I can not understand it. The numbers I put in do not seem to align with this understanding. I was hoping you could explain this to me more. The only pattern I really see is that when radius 1 and 2 are close together, you get a more default star; when the numbers are far apart, the star is very pointy and the center is small.

I really appreciate any insights on this - I've been trying to make sense of this on and off for some time.

Chava

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Nov 05, 2019 Nov 05, 2019

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Can you please screenshots with measurements and then tell us what exactly you don't understand?

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Nov 05, 2019 Nov 05, 2019

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Dear Monika,

 

Thank you so much - honestly, no matter what measurements I put in, I don't understand how the radius is applying using the principle above.

 

Chava

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Nov 05, 2019 Nov 05, 2019

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Does this clear it up?

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Nov 07, 2019 Nov 07, 2019

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Dear Monika,

 

This was super helpful! I tried recreating this and doing measurements, etc. Here's a screenshot of mine. So when I look at this, I'm wondering if in reality Radius 1 controls the distance from the center of the star to the inner points, and Radius 2 controls the distance from the center of the star to the outer points? That's what it looks like when I match my line distance with the radius? I'm not sure I'm correct, though, because I switched the radius numbers in another experiment where I created other stars (see below), and it just looks like the star gets rotated - if I measured it, I can't see why the radius numbers would really be switched. I'm missing something, right?

 

Thanks so much,

Chava

 

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The Uneven numbers are Radius 1 and the Even Radius 2.

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