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It's actually all done in MS Excel. I then take a screen capture and manipulate the image in Photoshop. The code is spaghetti and not commented (alpha version), and it's not currently working very well, but I'll gladly share it with anyone. You can find it here:

http://www.bruware.com/cp/Circles.zip

After I get the kinks out, I plan on transferring the code to VB.NET. If I ever get around to it, I'll distribute the code and executable.

To use the Excel version (Assuming you have MS Excel installed):

1) Open sheet 1, and delete all the coordinates you see.
2) For as many circles as you want to play with, put in dummy coordinates. For example, if you want to play with 5 circles, put '1' in for the x and y of all circles radius 1-5.
3) Double click on 'Draw Circles'
4) Use your mouse and drag the circles around and place anywhere you like.
5) Once you have them positioned appropriately, click on 'Save Coordinates' (or something like that)
6) Then click on 'Draw Circles' again. You may have to click it several times to get the container circle to shrink down appropriately.

That's it. Cheesy, but a fun experiment.

Got it!

Thanks!

I still dont see any option to upload an image, but did see how to use the [ i m g ] tags. So, here you are:

As you see, the container circle could be a bit smaller.
The circles go from radius 1 to radius 5.