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    • P Offline
      Paris
      last edited by Paris

      Hey,
      I'm having a brain fart regarding how to place equally spaced spindles/posts around a square.
      Help please.
      BTW, Solo the cage solution worked out perfectly. Thx.

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      • Jean LemireJ Offline
        Jean Lemire
        last edited by

        hi paris, hi folks.

        You can get a dual inference from the midpoints of two adjacent sides, thus giving you the center of the square.

        A polygon with four sides will also gives you a square of which the center can be quickly inferenced.

        Just ideas.

        Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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          watkins
          last edited by

          Dear Paris,

          I would draw my square and make it a group. I would then draw my post/spindle at one corner of the square and then make it a component. I would then move and copy the post the required spacing, and then use *N to repeat the move/copy N times. Lastly, I would rotate/copy the array around the centre of the square to complete the four sides. Rotate 90 dgrees first, and then enter *3 to complete the square.

          Regards,
          Bob

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            Paris
            last edited by

            @watkins said:

            Dear Paris,

            I would draw my square and make it a group. I would then draw my post/spindle at one corner of the square and then make it a component. I would then move and copy the post the required spacing, and then use *N to repeat the move/copy N times. Lastly, I would rotate/copy the array around the centre of the square to complete the four sides. Rotate 90 dgrees first, and then enter *3 to complete the square.

            Regards,
            Bob

            Thx Bob,
            It didn't occur to me to rotate within a square.

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