# Equal spacing in a circle

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-spacing-in-a-circle/9569>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-spacing-in-a-circle/9569 "2020-10-29T23:36:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BotDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@BotDoc](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BotDoc)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-spacing-in-a-circle/9569/1 "2020-10-29T23:36:33Z")

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I am sure this is covered somewhere I just don’t see it. I am trying to place 6 circles equal distance in a radial pattern.

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-spacing-in-a-circle/9569/2 "2020-10-30T02:12:02Z")

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Draw a circle. Then move the center point of the circle to the desired radius. Then click on the “+” next to the circle and it will turn blue indicating “copy of” original. Click on the arrow that rotates in the direction you want. 360 divided by 6 is? Move each copy that much by rotating it. Make 5 copies.

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**Author:** ![JST](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JST](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JST)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-spacing-in-a-circle/9569/3 "2020-10-30T06:03:39Z")

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Or draw an hexagon with the polygon tool,set as you want, and the corners is new circles centers.

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-spacing-in-a-circle/9569/4 "2020-10-30T08:09:50Z")

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I like the hexagon idea, that way you just place the circles to the corner points and make them equal

Here is a solution for common Copy-Rotate cases with the Move/Rotate tool: