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- secretagent123
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Drawing a circle using a radius.
Hello.
How do I draw a circle with the pen using only the radius as an input.
How do I draw a circle with the pen using only the radius as an input.
- deesawhney
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97 posts
Drawing a circle using a radius.
clear
set [radius] to [5]
set [turn] to [0]
repeat (360)
pen up
go to x: (0) y: (0)
point in direction (turn)
move (radius) steps
pen down
pen up
change (turn) by (1)
end
This works well enough for me. If you want to fill in the circle, take out the pen up blocks.
- secretagent123
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1000+ posts
Drawing a circle using a radius.
Thank you for answering quickly.clear
set [radius] to [5]
set [turn] to [0]
repeat (360)
pen up
go to x: (0) y: (0)
point in direction (turn)
move (radius) steps
pen down
pen up
change (turn) by (1)
end
This works well enough for me. If you want to fill in the circle, take out the pen up blocks.
- SparshG
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500+ posts
Drawing a circle using a radius.
pen down
repeat (360)
go to x: ((centerOfCircleX)+((rad) * ([cos v] of (angle)))) y: ((centerOfCircleY)+((rad) * ([sin v] of (angle))))
change [angle v] by (1)
end
To improve the quality more, you can increase repeat to say 720, and change angle by 0.5 such that 0.5 * 720 = 360
If you notice, decreasing the repeats will make polygons. If you make repeat to 4, change angle by 90, (again 4*90=360) you should get a square. In fact circle is just we are making polygons but with so many vertices that it looks like circle ;D
Last edited by SparshG (Dec. 24, 2020 18:21:08)
- deesawhney
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97 posts
Drawing a circle using a radius.
pen down
repeat (360)
go to x: ((centerOfCircleX)+((rad) * ([cos v] of (angle)))) y: ((centerOfCircleY)+((rad) * ([sin v] of (angle))))
change [angle v] by (1)
end
This works better than mine; it draws lines between the points instead of dots

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