: How to align sectors of a cirlce in Adobe Illustrator I'm new to Adobe Illustrator. I'm trying to recreate a logo in vector graphics. The logo has a circle background and 4 sectors overlaid

@Berryessa866

You can draw that in a few seconds pretty easily...


Smart Guides (View → Smart Guides) will allow you to snap to the center of objects
Holding alt while creating shapes will allow you to draw those shapes from their center
Holding SHIFT while drawing will constrain the drawing to 90 and 45 degree angles


So...


Draw a circle
Draw a line at 45 degress from the center of (and slightly overshooting) the circle
Draw the other line
Select all
Pathfinder Divide




You can adjust the stroke to change the "gap" between segments and outline that stroke (Object → Path → Outline Stroke) if needs be.

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@Goswami567

I think you are probably wasting your time trying to line those up. Time to try a simpler technique.


Switch on Smart Guides
Place a vertical and horizontal guide to give you a guide to centre everything on.
Draw a circle with the centre at the intersection of the guides, add a blue stroke, no fill.
Then choose the line tool, draw a horzontal line through the centre from one side of the circle to the other.
Do Object > Transform > Rotate, set it to 45 degrees
Copy, then Paste in Front.
Do Object > Transform > Rotate, set it to 90 degrees.
Select all, then do Object > Live Paint > Make.
Use the Live Paint Bucket, select a colour, fill in the segments.


The result is pretty good, and the lines are perfect.



Not only that, but since the Live Paint object is "live" - you can set the stroke to any size you want.

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