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Tool for dividing a circle into slices?

Community Beginner ,
Aug 02, 2017 Aug 02, 2017

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Is there a tool on Illustrator that can EASILY divided a circle into 52 equal slices?

I have been struggling with this matter for some time now and I have a dead line coming. 

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Community Expert , Aug 02, 2017 Aug 02, 2017

i'm pretty sure this is what the video describes, but I can't watch it here, so just in case.

draw a path from the centre of your circle to the outside. use smart guides to align it to the centre.

divide1.png

use the rotate tool. with just the line selected, alt-click on the endpoint at the centre. type 360/52 into the box and tab out. this should give you 6.92 degrees:

divide2.png

click 'copy'. hold down ctrl+D (transform again) until you have lines going all the way round:

divide3.png

select both lines and circle. use pathfinder - d

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i'm pretty sure this is what the video describes, but I can't watch it here, so just in case.

draw a path from the centre of your circle to the outside. use smart guides to align it to the centre.

divide1.png

use the rotate tool. with just the line selected, alt-click on the endpoint at the centre. type 360/52 into the box and tab out. this should give you 6.92 degrees:

divide2.png

click 'copy'. hold down ctrl+D (transform again) until you have lines going all the way round:

divide3.png

select both lines and circle. use pathfinder - divide.

divide4.png

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Thank you for useful advice with great screenshots   Got my  work done !

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