This was a fun exercise. How to place a random number of dots on a circles circumference with exact the same distance between them? The need arose building a program for automated seating. Rectangular tables were no big deal, but what about the round tables?
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The solution came with Pythagoras
As you can see from Fig. 1, I calculate three right-angled triangles to be able to calculate the hypotenuse Z.
This is not entirely correct, since the hypotenuse is straight and the circle is curved. To minimize this discrepancy, I make 1,000 calculations for every quarter of the circle.
If the radius of the circle is 100cm, the difference between Y1 and Y2 will be 0.1. This gives a good result both mathematically and visually.
Download the Excel workbook: WorkingWithShapesAndPythagoras.xlsm (521 downloads )
