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I'm not a genius in geometry, I'd like to find a point in as3 with the radius and a angle but I don't remember the rule, I know this should be simple!

Here's an example:

alt text http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4879/examplepr.png

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as3.x = centerX + radius * cos(angle)
as3.y = centerY + radius * sin(angle)

Note that the rotation in the picture linked to is in the "negative direction". I.e, an increase of the angle, yields a counter-clockwise rotation.

aioobe
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  • thanks for the note and for the help, can you eventually check what's wrong here? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2887725/drawing-an-honeycomb-with-as3 thanks again – vitto May 22 '10 at 13:28
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Let x0, y0 be the center of the circle being considered and t be the angle theta anti-clockwise from the x-axis (right horizontal).

The point you are looking for is then 

x = x0 + r*cos(t)
y = y0 + r*sin(t)
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You have to adjust your calculator to degree mode before making that calculation more likley you will use angle in degree

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