How do I make a brush with overlapping shapes aligned to the path in Illustrator?

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I am using Illustrator to apply a custom pattern brush on the path of a circle to create and image like so:

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But I can’t get my shape to repeat across the circle line properly and overlap itself, I end up with something like this:

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I can get the overlap to work if I use a Scatter Brush but then I don’t get the rotation like the Pattern Brush:

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What is the best way to achieve my result?

Answer

There’s a second problem with pattern brushes here – even if you got around the overlapping problem, the straight lines would become distorted (curved).

Try Effects > Distort & Transform > Transform. Copies, moves, rotates, with overlaps, without distortion:

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For a circle, make sure Copies x Angle = 360

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Source : Link , Question Author : SaturnsEye , Answer Author : user56reinstatemonica8

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