The Transformation

Now that we have the ideal triangle set up and ready to be rotated around its pinnacle, select the triangle and go to Object -> Transform.

A Transform window pops up - using this window you can move, scale, rotate and skew objects. You can transform the same object several times by pressing "Apply" repeatedly. Select the Rotate subwindow and enter a rotation degree. The degree will vary with the width of your triangle (it takes less wide triangles to make a sun than narrow ones) - 15 degree rotations were used for this example.

While the triangle is selected, copy it by pressing Ctrl-V. Paste the copy of the triangle in the same place by pressing Ctrl-Alt-V. Your new triangle will be selected, press "Apply" once. The copy of the triangle will rotate 15 degrees.

The next step is to press Ctrl-Alt-V again, and "Apply" twice. The next time you should press Ctrl-Alt-V once and "Apply" three times. Continue pressing and applying the transformations. Your results should look like this:

You should continue making the transformations and clicking. Its tedious, but beggars can't be choosers. Once you create half a sun you can speed up the transformations by transforming by negative 15 degrees - the pasted triangles will be rotated in the other direction.