Arrange blocks on a path

Most of the people are familiar with the Divide or measure command. But less would have noticed that these commands have an option "Block".
Lets see how it works.
Here is an ellipse and a block with a Rectangle in it. But I have the Block's base point exactly at the center of the rectangle. This is critical, as the command would place the block instances on the path at their basepoints.

I want to arrange the block on this elliptical path, dividing the ellipse into 30 equal segments, placing the block perpendicular to the path at each point.

This is where you would use divide command. 

Activate the divide command by entering DIV in the command window. 

Pick the ellipse and press Enter.

You will have an option "Block" available now. Type B and press Enter.

Enter the block name. (This case, it is "Block1")

Say "Yes" for the prompt for aligning the block instances. 

Provide the number of divisions (This case, it is "30")

You should have something like this...

If said "No" for the prompt for aligning the block instances, you will get this;

Try this method on various paths (plines, lines, circles, ellipse or splines) using different blocks.... 


Wait for more... Have a nice day friends…!!

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Harilal M. N.
harilalmn@gmail.com
Bangalore, India.