Playing Minecraft, I like making circular things. I used a chart while I was building, but wanted to be able to make variable size ovals which is something I couldn't find a decent chart of or generator capable of, so I created this!
Comment by: Ray onMay. 18, 2012
Nice. I like the javascript effects.
If anybody else is interested in a 3d version, I have one over at:
Comment by: Robeomega onAug. 10, 2012
I think it should have an option to download a picture of it and a zoom out button when for my mob arena im working at 223 X 223 its very hard to have to scroll and I end up printscreening it
Comment by: GHOST onJan. 3, 2013
Is there a download to this?
Comment by: Wycratius onJan. 21, 2013
New version is so much faster, thanks!
Comment by: RockOfDoom (nickname) onFeb. 9, 2013
how do i see my result, theres no where to hit enter or something to send my numbers through or something.
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onFeb. 9, 2013
It should appear instantly as you change the value. If you could provide some information on what browser and version you are using I can look into the problem.
Comment by: Fiveheads onJul. 10, 2013
I have been using this generator for nearly a year on my phone with no issues. I have been making semi circles in my castle that step up each level so it has a colisseum look. However, every time I load this page, in the box were width and height are, all that's entered in there is NaN. I can't add to or delete it. Rendering this generator useless to mw now, and there are no other generators that work for me. Marvellous.
Comment by: Check twice build once onJan. 13, 2016
Having a few issues with this program. Trying to create a sphere to encapsulate the spawnable area for hostile mobs (wiki: 128 radius from player). So I doubled the radius to 256 then generate a sphere based on that. Before I started I plotted out 6 points all starting out from the 0/0 axis in the end (which I removed all end stone). Markers were placed exactly 128 bocks up, down, left and right so it covers all X/Y/Z directions. When building the sphere I noticed that the 2D sides did not meet up with my (triple checked) reference points mentioned above. The sphere generated by this program seemed too big ( by quite a sizeable margin I might add). Thinking it was my error I recounted the chart...three times...rebuilt...three times...but still no joy. This is a great generator to make spheres...not denying that....but for really technical mapping it's fairly inaccurate in "true to size" builds. Sorry to rain on your parade but thinking I might add this footnote for other builders like myself thus saving them time. But hey....if your just after a good looking sphere this is the program for you.
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onJan. 13, 2016
Your math is simply bad. If you have a radius of 128 the diameter in pixel universe will be 255, not 256, because one of those blocks is the center. That is your issue.
My circles are mathematically correct. The math in fact is particularly simple.
Comment by: Jim onApr. 21, 2017
While I love this generator the png downloads will not open and a preview of them says the file contains nothing :/, love to get some feedback to resolve this problem if anyone else encounters or has encountered it
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onOct. 31, 2017
Thank you for the heads up. I'd heard this from a couple people but was never able to reproduce it until today. It ends up it was a race condition, so it was dependent on the speed of your machine.
I believe I have fixed the issue. You may need to clear your browser cache to get it to work.
Comment by: J-Dubs onAug. 31, 2021
How big would i make a circle around a 50*50 build?
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onAug. 31, 2021
You'd want to do some simple trigonometry.
So to find the diagonal of a triangle or a square, you use the pythagorean theorem:
Since we're solving for c we want:
So entering your 50's into that we get
That rounds up to so 71, but to nicely wrap your 50 which is an even number we'd want to round up to a 72x72 circle.
I hope that helps ?
Comment by: the dude onFeb. 22, 2022
this helps so much, I am making a castle and now im not spending hours trying to see how to make a circle.tysm
Comment by: UnstableStrafe onFeb. 25, 2022
I love this tool and I've used it for spriting for a year or so. One suggestion I have is to, if possible, make every other square a different color than red, so it can be easier to count large sizes.
Comment by: JCHK onMar. 1, 2022
Thanks for creating this, Im building a large skybase recently and this helped me a lot :)
Comment by: Rohan mhatre onMar. 8, 2022
I always try to make a circle but always make it wrong some how ???????? this helps me make it right. And plz do something about the post comments button its just so much had to scroll so much to post a comment ????
Comment by: dejvid onMar. 11, 2022
good site helped me a lot thank you very much
Comment by: Kiwifruit Kiwi onMar. 13, 2022
If you're still updating this can I make a suggestion? I'm working with some really big circles atm and I was wondering if you could make it so that if I click one of the squares it'll tell me it's coordinates so that I don't have to count out a hundred squares to figure out what one I'm looking at.
Thanks in advance
Comment by: Redstone0922 onMar. 22, 2022
Love it! Now I can make a perfect 50x50 block PvP arena!
Comment by: drhu onMar. 25, 2022
thanks this has helped me greatly for over 2 years and this really helps me build
Comment by: AlphaBetheOmega onMar. 30, 2022
Hello Team of Circles ;D
my ask is, can u make a better zoom? i have the problem, i need a BIG circle (5000x5000blocks) because i want to build a gigant melone circle like as a people on 2b2t
and the max zoom help me not realy...
also a ask, if we can klick on blocks, to say "jep i have have it placed or not" because it is a problem for me to now where i am are on the circle with blocks to build not a nonsense
Comment by: Tyson onApr. 9, 2022
Is anyone able to explain the code behind this? I'm trying to generate random ellipses in a project I'm doing and I can't quite figure out how to do it.
Comment by: Bob onApr. 25, 2022
Epic
Comment by: bobman2 onApr. 26, 2022
thanks
Comment by: sandgreenpanda onApr. 28, 2022
this is great! I was dreading having to scower the internet for a oval generator
Comment by: Kid onMay. 1, 2022
Awesome
Comment by: Glowstick onMay. 2, 2022
I'm making a crop circle build over a huge field, this is a LIFESAVER!
Comment by: Henrey onMay. 9, 2022
Awesome Tool
Comment by: xXMorbin'time_morbius(2022)Xx onMay. 23, 2022
I used it to calculate the shape of Dr. Michael Morbius' eyes
Comment by: xXMorbin'time_morbius(2022)Xx onMay. 23, 2022
Happy belated 10th Birthday!!!1!!!!!1!1!! XD XD XD XD XD XD XD
Comment by: ShOe730 onMay. 24, 2022
Just an idea I love this system you guys but maybe in the future add a section beside what diameter you want for fill in the blocks with different colors to figure out how big you need it for different patterns just somthing I was thinking about that would be a cool feature
Comment by: Murvon onMay. 26, 2022
Amazing tool! It really helped out making a bridge in my server. btw can you add a worldedit command generator to it? thanks xd
Comment by: Gonat onMay. 29, 2022
This really helped me make farms and skyblock platform! The most useful website i found today:)
Comment by: Balls onJun. 9, 2022
Bro I need the option to free zoom without that scale slider
Comment by: Cat onJun. 12, 2022
thanks so much! This helps a ton with building :)
Comment by: jirka840yt onJun. 16, 2022
helps me a lot but i would apreciete a free move around scaled circle
Comment by: O5-1 onJun. 24, 2022
Wow this really helped me with the engines and insignias on my 1/3 scale venator-class star destroyer.
Comment by: stine onJun. 30, 2022
It would be great if you could unmark blocks. Otherwise great improvements!
Comment by: Basaram Stefan onJul. 16, 2022
The way I use this site is I generate a thin circle and I look at the blocks at the edge.
By going along the circle, I count for every line how many squares are directly next to each other.
For instance, one quarter of an arc, for a diameter of 9, it would be described as: 2 1 2, as in 2 blocks away from the centre point at the edge, on the next line going 1 block and then shifting the direction and going 2 blocks, completing the arc.
It'd be cool if the site generated these instructions, since I think this is an efficient way to build a generated circle.
Comment by: dun onJul. 31, 2022
Great tool, though is there a way to generate lines to slice the circle into multiple equal segments, like if i'm making a sliced pizza art?
Comment by: M. Rochishna onAug. 2, 2022
I like pixel art very much. Thank you
Comment by: Finn T. Gormley onAug. 30, 2022
sorry i cant donate because i need my dad's permission hopefully others will
Comment by: tippyc onSep. 2, 2022
Thanks much for this. I used it in Timberborn
Comment by: BIG NIK onSep. 14, 2022
thanks for this great tool, it helped me build my rocket ship :D
Comment by: my_boy onSep. 18, 2022
thanks for this,tool it helped me build my base
Comment by: Bryndan Meyerholt onOct. 21, 2022
This is a great tool. It should have an option to generate a circle this blocks/pixels (up to half the radius rounded down thick) so, for example, I can create a circle that is two blocks thick. It is also not limited to Minecraft, but also anything that uses cubes, squares, or pixels.
Comment by: Dorodoro onOct. 30, 2022
Helped me lay out my 55*33 arena! Thanks a lot
Comment by: Cliff onNov. 3, 2022
Would it be possible to export this to a google sheet / excel, for like planning and whatnot?
Comment by: makayla onNov. 8, 2022
Thank you so much I needed to know how to make a big circle in minecraft, I am trying to make the clock map in hunger games
Comment by: Cm09 onDec. 6, 2022
Very nice tool helps me to build m'y alien vehicle
Comment by: michael onDec. 19, 2022
if i ever become a big minecraft youtuber, i will recommend this, thanks
Comment by: subhan onDec. 21, 2022
im very happy this app was realy help me to build circle
Comment by: subhan onDec. 21, 2022
im very happy this app was realy help me to build circle
Comment by: MXVT23 onJan. 9, 2023
Thx a lot I want to build a megabase in survival and this helps me a lot ????
Comment by: pblllrr onJan. 9, 2023
While this tool is useful, I wish it had a thickness feature too. I use it to plan circles in Dwarf Fortress, but that includes moats which need to be several tiles thick. I currently use another generator for that but it's far more awkward than this one.
Comment by: steeeve-o onApr. 18, 2023
this tool is amazingly great, and awesome beyond, i've been using it for a long time now, what i wish it had is a generator for all shapes, including help on diagonal builds. (most general angles at least like 30, 45, 60, from any of the main axes)
Comment by: Atomixe onApr. 30, 2023
still using this! love that you're keeping this up
Comment by: Yeezez onMay. 19, 2023
Thank you my new minecraft castle thanks you
Comment by: Joaquin onMay. 26, 2023
It helped me drain a ocean monument
Comment by: QuasiSQA14 onJun. 13, 2023
THANK U!!!!! really helped me build my megabase on bloxd.io. SUPER helpful. (I used circles in almost every single part of this, and I liked the oval generator as well, but I didn't use it a lot. everything is SUPER cool anyways!!!
)
Comment by: Hunter Sullivan onJun. 14, 2023
This is so helpful you have no clue how much I will use this to build platforms castles towers circles thank you for building this ????????????????
Comment by: thwartcube onJul. 2, 2023
so useful thx for making dis
Comment by: jaymes onJul. 9, 2023
i can now make a ring world if you dont know what that seArch it on youtube
Comment by: Nonyanae onJul. 22, 2023
Love how the file was just called soup,lmao
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onJul. 22, 2023
lol, that was a bug. I fixed it. Thanks for the heads up.
Comment by: Elijah Smith onSep. 3, 2023
Everything works amazingly, I would like if we could mark what pixel we are on in case we forget or have to do something.
Comment by: Askaran onOct. 6, 2023
Would it be possible for you to add how many blocks are inside the circle?
Comment by: Cobalt onOct. 21, 2023
Hey, idk how feasible this is but would it be possible to "slice" the displayed circle? Right now I'm building a mega build that uses curves of 400 x 47 that only form roughly 1/12th of a circle, and its really hard to count all the squares to check if my math is correct and curve fits those dimentions. If this isn't doable in code, any reccomendations for me to quicly check my work?
Comment by: Jack onNov. 18, 2023
Dang, this is good! Thanks to you, I was able to create half my builds! Thanks! 8.65/10!
Comment by: Aditya onNov. 24, 2023
Suka
Comment by: Joaquin Bonilla Suez onDec. 3, 2023
using this for terraria
Comment by: CubeSlayer onDec. 3, 2023
What circle radius is needed to greatly wrap around a 2x2? i am building a giant tree and would like to know the diameter needed for the leeves to make a giant perfect circle that lines up with the 2x2 ples
Comment by: Neil Hillman onDec. 6, 2023
Truth is, I just want to be part of the 10 year comment archive! Great tool btw, I have been using it for years, mainly in minecraft builds. Thanks for keeping it online.
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onDec. 6, 2023
Honestly, I'm pretty bummed I had to limit them. The full list is massive!
Google complained the page was taking too long to load for people on slow connections which lowered my ranking.
I've a set max limit right now + I added a flag for comments I thought were important to always show. I should add a button to "show all" comments.
Comment by: CubeSlayer onDec. 10, 2023
yes you should
Comment by: Alex onDec. 17, 2023
Is there a way to see how many blocks to fill in the circle?
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onDec. 17, 2023
Set the circle to "filled". The number of blocks will be displayed in the "blocks" section.
Comment by: Becka onDec. 19, 2023
I’ve been using this generator for years and have probably generated hundreds of circles! I love this!
Comment by: bigmanjim onDec. 22, 2023
good in Minecraft
Comment by: Prince onDec. 28, 2023
I use this generator a lot! i never new the comments are still open
Comment by: Izzak onJan. 2, 2024
First comment in 2024 lol
Comment by: Finneas onJan. 2, 2024
2nd in 2024 lol, I love this circle generator. I use it for my hardcore world house
Comment by: RedRhino onJan. 3, 2024
Thank for making this website because I can you to circels for builds in Minecraft and not have to deal with a massives headack of trying to make it look good, so thank you again.
PS. At some point I'll make a big donation and it proboly be in the $100s.
Comment by: Mineblox onJan. 29, 2024
This generator is really nice I am right now draining a ocean Momument with a 300x300 circle And this has saved me alot of time to do, Thank you!
Comment by: Maneater3791 onFeb. 14, 2024
This is the only circle generator that allows generation above 200 in diameter thankyou kind sir for making this.
Comment by: FanFive5 onFeb. 27, 2024
I use this all the time whenever I’m building a dome. Works well. Good Format.
Comment by: David onMar. 3, 2024
Simple, nice, straight to the points. Thank you for your service!
Comment by: Sean M onMar. 4, 2024
Is there anyway you could add JSON as an output format? Something simple like "x, y, filled (Y/N)" would be amazing.
Comment by: bebzoniusz onMar. 9, 2024
good working generator
Comment by: daredevil onMar. 20, 2024
i really like it. maybe you could make it so that we could add multiple circles inside of each other and concurrent pixels would show up with another color. could really help with buildings with layer/height.
Comment by: evie onApr. 2, 2024
so helpful ty! i used it to create a knitting pattern
Comment by: Luna Doggo onApr. 15, 2024
Does anybody know why exporting a circle with a radius of one hundred and fifty-two (152) as a PNG magically changes the width & height of the image to three thousand (3,000) pixels?
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onApr. 15, 2024
The PNG download simply converts the currently displayed output from the Pixel Circle Generator into a PNG image, including grid lines and spacing between pixels. The output is not just a pixel circle - and the overall size of the generated output is therefore equal to the output displayed in the generator.
If the scale slider is set to its maximum value, the output will be 3000 × 3000 pixels.
Comment by: Jeffrey Ferrie onApr. 21, 2024
Jesse G. Donat Can you make it so you can generate a /fill command for this?
Comment by: rar onMay. 7, 2024
there should be a way to show the center of the circle
Comment by: Ely onMay. 21, 2024
This tool is awesome, but it would be even better if there was an option to download an image of your circle in its native size, without grids or smoothing so that you could plop a couple of these down in Paint or whatever.
Comment by: anonymous onMay. 28, 2024
bro is answering people on the same day for 12 years straight
insane dedication to own's project
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onMay. 28, 2024
All the comments go directly to my phone ;) Makes it easy.
Comment by: GoldenFlowerLv onJun. 7, 2024
making a bunch of fruit-themed temples. this is a life saver. the watermelon one is coming along well.
Comment by: onhas onJun. 10, 2024
love you bro
Comment by: Chiatomas onJun. 12, 2024
lifesaver bro I've been using you for years just wanted to say that the fact that this is free is incredible. I'll get around to donating eventually, I promise!
Comment by: Chiatomas onJun. 12, 2024
lifesaver bro I've been using you for years just wanted to say that the fact that this is free is incredible. I'll get around to donating eventually, I promise!
Comment by: Shlong onJun. 16, 2024
Thanks bro, my underwater sphere will go in
Comment by: MikeyD_YT onJun. 16, 2024
I used this to make a circle but when I tried to create a sphere it didn't match in size.
Comment by: Jesse G. Donat onJun. 16, 2024
Making a good sphere is actually more difficult than it seems. My friend Ray actually has a pretty nice sphere generator. He was actually the first comment on this page.
https://oranj.io/blog/VoxelSphereGenerator
Comment by: Mr. Bob onJun. 19, 2024
You're amazing dude! Crazy that you still keep this thing running. I'll be back in 2034 lol.
