Arc Add Center, Start, Angle

Arc Add Center, Start, Angle ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Locate a center point, a start point, then optionally enter an angle or locate a third point. The arc is drawn counterclockwise from the start point.
If the user option " Always show Arc Edit window " is turned on, then the Arc Edit window will open after the angle is entered or the third point is located.
Other ways to add arcs:
- Add
- Center Start End ( )
- Continuous
- 3 Point
- Ellipse ( )
After an arc has been added using any tool (if you opened its edit window), the last-added or last-edited arc sets the defaults for subsequently added arcs unless you change the Edit Palette in the meantime.
See the instructions .

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An arc is added using Arc Add Center, Start, Angle . Point 1 locates the center. Point 2 locates the start. Point 3 sets the angle and can be a typed angle in the form of @num .

Arcs (topic)
Arc Edit window (optionally opens when an arc is added)
Always show Arc Edit window ( User and Site Options > Drawings > )
Edit Palette (sets default color and line type of arc)
Layer selection tool (sets default layer for adding arc to)
Exact points of an arc (arc layout)

Instructions :

To invoke Arc Add Center, Start, Angle :

Method 1 : Click the Arc Add Center, Start, Angle icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Arcs ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Arcs > Add Center, Start, Angle .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Arc Add Center, Start, Angle can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Point 1 of the arc is its center. An arc's center is the center of the circle of which the arc is a part.

Point 2 is one end of the arc. The distance between point 1 and point 2 is the radius of the arc. Points 1 and 2 also establish the circle that the arc is a part of.

Point 3 can optionally be located by typing @num (where num is a number of degrees) then left-click ( Locate ). Alternatively, you can left-click ( Locate ) without typing the desired number of degrees.

If you type an angle (@num) before locating point 3, the point location target ( ) snaps to a point on the circle that is the typed number of degrees counterclockwise from point 2. Left-click ( Locate ) to accept that point.

The length of an arc is the distance counterclockwise along the arc's circle from point 2 to point 3.