Hi,

I'd like to be able to break a circle in 5 independent parts that have the same size/length.
What I have done is to draw a pentagon within the circle, so that each pentagon vertex touches on a part/point of the circle, so the circle now has 5 marks of (pretty much) equal length. I used the Path-> Divide path command in correspondence of those 5 points (after transforming the circle in a path) but...although the path can now be seen as 5 different parts (after moving apart the divided nodes) the circle is still undivided and the parts are not independent forms each other. Also, I see that the shape of the circle has not kept entirely and each of the segments appear slightly deformed. I would also like to color each segment/arc differently....
Any ideas on how to best achieve this?

 

Here's one way:

There is also a pie/bar chart extension, but that is more complicated to show.

Ooh same idea methinks.

PixelPest

Ooh same idea methinks.

You hadn't shown up yet, so I went ahead. 

Thanks so much to both of you!

However the result that I get is somewhat different and I wonder if I have skipped some of the steps (also looking at the animation without the possibility to stop it/pause at certain points makes it a bit awkward to watch..is there a way to pause it?) please have a look at the first attached image

Also the final result I am after is similar to that of the second attached image, where each part of the circumference is separated by a gap from the next. How can I achieve this effect? (apparently the attached images appear in the post in reverse order...)

The position issue looks like the rotation center is not at the node. I'd check that.

Making the gaps can be accomplished be setting the ellipse end handle to only 60+- degrees but still using 72 degrees for the rotation transform.

Thanks. Now I made it work!