Drawing polar grids
You draw polar grids by dragging or by setting specific grid parameters in the Polar Grid Tool Options dialog box.
To draw a polar grid: - Select the polar grid tool
, and drag diagonally. - As you drag, do any of the following:
- Press Shift to constrain the grid to a circle.
- Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to extend the grid from all sides of the origin point.
- Press Shift + Alt (Windows) or Shift + Option (Mac OS) to constrain it to a circle as it extends from the origin point.
- Press the spacebar to move the grid as you draw.
- Hold down ~ (tilde) to create multiple polar grids.
- To adjust the grid's dividers, do any of the following as you drag:
- Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to add or remove concentric circles.
- Press Right Arrow or Left Arrow to add or remove radial lines.
- Press X to change the logarithmic skew value for the concentric dividers inward by 10%.
- Press C to change the logarithmic skew value for the concentric dividers outward by 10%.
- Press F to change the logarithmic skew value for the radial dividers counterclockwise by 10%.
- Press V to change the logarithmic skew value for the radial dividers clockwise by 10%.
To create a polar grid by specifying properties: - Select the polar grid tool
, and click where you want to create the grid's origin point and open the Polar Grid Tool Options dialog box. - In the Polar Grid Tool Options dialog box, do any of the following and then click OK:
- For Default Size, enter Width and Height values for the entire grid. Then click a corner of the Origin Point icon to determine the point from where the grid is drawn.
- For Concentric Dividers, enter the number of circular concentric dividers you want to appear in the grid. Then enter a Skew value to determine how the concentric dividers are weighted toward the inside or outside of the grid.
- For Radial Dividers, enter the number of radial dividers you want to appear between the center and the circumference of the grid. Then enter a Skew value to determine how the radial dividers are weighted counterclockwise or clockwise on the grid.
- Select Create Compound Path From Ellipses to convert the concentric circles into a separate compound path and fill every other circle.
- Select Fill Grid to fill the grid with the current fill color (otherwise, the fill is set to none).
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