Polar Grid Tool Enabled, Does Nothing?

[Watchmaker44]

New to Illustrator, and I want to create concentric circles. A YouTube video shows how this can be done with the Polar Grid Tool. I see the tool in the toolbox, but how do I select it to use it? Clicking on the tool does nothing, as when I then come to the artboar, there is no cross, just the regular pointer.

[Mylenium]

Without any info about your system and document nobody can tell you much. Could be anything. Start by turning off hardware-acceleration. Some of those less used tools that create complex shapes may simply cause drawing issues in GPU mode.

Mylenium

[Monika Gause]

Please show a screenshot of your Illustrator window as you see it with the tool selected.

[Watchmaker44]

 

Thanks for the assistance to you both. Here's a screenshot, where the Polar Grid Tool is revealed after clicking on the three dots, rather than under the Line Segment Tool. I notice that the Line Segment Tool is disabled. Being a beginner, I am thinking there's some sort of preliminary hoops to jump through for any new project?

Ah, figured it out. I had to drag the tool from the 3-dot holding category over to the main tool box, and now the tool works. Thanks!

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

The three dots are for configuring the toolbar. Not for using the tools.

In order to get the tool, go to Window > Tools > Advanced.

Select the polar grid tool

Use the tool.

[Watchmaker44]

Wondering how to make the polar grid lines white? Any pointers there?

[Watchmaker44]

Ah, figured it out. Using the Stroke tool, I was able to make the grid lines white.