Perfect Half Circle

[James_Talmage@adobeforums.com]

"That's AI 10."

Ah. So it is. I was posting earlier from a site that only had AI10.

"In CS clicking will put the specified grid's upper left bounding box corner at the click location"

Not to pick nits, but actually, it positions the grid according to the currently selected corner of the proxy icon in the dialog. ;-)

JET

[Gary_Newman@adobeforums.com]

Excellent nit.

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

Wonder why, if AICS bothers to include a proxy in the dialog for these grid tools, that it doesn't include a centerpoint....

[Gary_Newman@adobeforums.com]

Because if you Optioon click, it will use the center point regardless of where the proxy is set.

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

Yes, I know. It just seems that all the proxies I'm aware of in both Illustrator and Photoshop have that center point. when I look at the icon in the grid tool dialogs, it looks "incomplete."

[Gary_Newman@adobeforums.com]

I agree. It seems anti-intuitive.

[Unregistered]

@ Gary, thank you so much- you made the process SO easy!

You're right - it's basic.

Get the Ellipse tool. Click on your page. In the diaog that appears, type in the width and height of your largest circle and hit OK. A circle appears. With it still selected, click the same Ellipse tool on the circle's center point, and enter a new width and height for the next smaller circle. Repeat for all the remaining circles you need. Now get the Direct Select tool (white arrow). Beginning just outside, and to the left of, the the biggest circle's top anchor point, drag down until you are just inside, and to the right of, the smallest circle's top anchor point. This will select just those top anchors in all the circles. Delete. ;-)