Hi Ppl,
Brad, here's some messy lingo that might help somehow, i'm not so
sure as to what circumference are but this defines points on a circle
for me each and every time...
nJoy,
Yariv
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on exitFrame me
tMargin=10
midPoint=point(the stageRight-the stageLeft,the stageBottom-the stageTop)/2
radius=min(midPoint)-tMargin
points=60
repeat with i=1 to points
rot=i*(360./points)
sprite(i).rotation=rot
sprite(i).loc=circleBorder(midPoint,rot,radius)
end repeat
end
on circleBorder mid,deg,rad
if deg>=360 then deg=0
dirs=[[1,-1],[1,1],[-1,1],[-1,-1]]
alphas=[90-deg,deg-90,270-deg,deg-270]
flatAdd=[[0,-rad],[rad,0],[0,rad],[-rad,0]]
quarter=deg/90+1
quarter=value(string(quarter).char[1])
if 1.0000*deg/90=integer(deg/90) then -- right angle
newloc=mid+flatAdd[quarter]
else
ydif=sin(alphas[quarter] / 57.2957795786)*rad
xdif=cos(alphas[quarter] / 57.2957795786)*rad
newloc=mid+([xdif,ydif]*dirs[quarter])
end if
return newloc
end
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>Hope someone can help me with this. I'm totally lost when it comes to math.
>I'm importing a list of names and need to arrange them around the
>circumference of a circle, I will know the circumference but the number of
>names will vary.
>I want to average the names around the 360 so they are evenly spaced.
>This sounds like a simple trig problem (I'm guessing)
>Any help or URL pointers would be greatly appreciated
>BTW Are there any sites that have basic math/trig functions in a simple to
>understand format around.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Brad
>
>
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