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Draw Circles of Points

Make simple figures based on points evenly spaced around a circle.

Run the code to draw a circle of 12 points. Try other numbers of points:

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CirclePoints gives the coordinates of points evenly spaced around a circle. This gives 6 evenly spaced points:

CirclePoints[6]

Draw the points with Graphics:

Graphics[Point[CirclePoints[6]]]

Draw more points:

Graphics[Point[CirclePoints[12]]]

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Graphics[Point[CirclePoints[12]]]

Draw a 12-sided polygon. Try other numbers of points:

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Replace Point with Polygon to draw a 12-sided polygon:

Graphics[Polygon[CirclePoints[12]]]

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Graphics[Polygon[CirclePoints[12]]]

Make it interactive. Drag the slider to change the shape:

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Here is the code to draw a 12-sided polygon:

Graphics[Polygon[CirclePoints[12]]]

Give yourself a slider to control the number of points using Manipulate. Wrap the expression with Manipulate[...], replace 12 with the variable n, and let n vary from 3 to 12 in steps of 1:

Manipulate[Graphics[Polygon[CirclePoints[n]]], {n, 3, 12, 1}]

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Manipulate[Graphics[Polygon[CirclePoints[n]]], {n, 3, 12, 1}]
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