# Illustrator brain freeze

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-brain-freeze/72631>\
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**Created:** [December 7, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-brain-freeze/72631 "2004-12-07T20:53:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-brain-freeze/72631/1 "2004-12-07T20:53:09Z")

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If I had a 5px circle and want to duplicate and arrange those into a sphere pattern, cant that be done with illustrator by plugin or a tool built in? It seems I have done this before but I cannot remember how. Besides a manual placement.