Point 3: That is how I managed to get my 8 segments. In any event, very much appreciate the help! I then put the arrows behind the circle and selected Minus back with the same result.īy chance, would you have any guesses as to what I might have done wrong? I understand it might be hard to troubleshoot, though, and I plan to keep playing with it. This may not have any effect on the current selection.' However, I did get a pop-up message that said 'Pathfinder effects should usually be applied to groups, layers or type objects. I am using CS5 on I tried putting the arrows in front of the circle, and then selecting Minus back, but nothing seemed to happen (that is, the arrows and circle still remained the same as before). (Thanks for the extended explanation of step 3 that made placing the arrows much easier!)Īt step 5, I discovered I don't have a 'Minus front' option, only a 'Minus back' option. Thank you for the additional detail! I just spent some time with this, and I am made it to step 5 before running into trouble. Here are the instructions in the first post with an extension of 3):ģ) Copy and place so you have all V shapes where you want the gaps you may do that by rotating copies round the centre of the circle 1), this may be done in different ways, one being to create an auxliary concentric circle extending past the V shape and rotating copies of that and the V shape using the Object>Transform>Rotate and inserting the desired value(s), then deleting the auxiliary circles You may have a look at the link by Jeanette in post #4 it shows end results. You are welcome, Neil, and no need to apologize. If you use an Art Brush, the arrowheads/borders of the gaps will be curved (apart from the parts of the borders that are radial). If you want something like V shaped gaps in the circle (which is what the question sounds like to me), you may:ġ) Create the circle with the desired width in the form of Stroke Weight Ģ) Create a V shaped path with two segments on top of the circle where the first gap is to be, lengthwise extending outside the circle stroke, and with a Stroke Weight corresponding to the gap ģ) Copy and place so you have all V shapes where you want the gaps Ĥ) Select all and Object>Path>Outline Stroke ĥ) Pathfinder>Minus front (Subtract from shape ares in older versions, maybe pressing Alt/Option to expand). If you cut the circle and use Add Arrowhead on each of the former segment, (at least unless you have CS5) the arrowhead will point out along the tangent of the circle. If the circle is unbroken, you may just create the shape of the arrowhead, copy it, and place them on top of the circle where desired. From what I can see when I open the file in 10 (there may be parts missing), it is just one quarter of a circle with an unbent arrowhead extending to both sides.

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