Arc Add Center, Start, End

Arc Add Center, Start, End ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Locate three points to define the center, start and end of an arc. The arc is drawn counterclockwise from the start point to the end point.
If the user option " Always show Arc Edit window " is turned on, then the Arc Edit window will open after the third point is located.
Other ways to add arcs:
- Add
- Center Start Angle ( )
- 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

Also see :

VIDEO

After point location for Arc Add Center, Start, End , the Arc Edit window opens, and the narrator points out that User and Site Options > Drawings > " Always show Arc Edit window ," could have been turned off ( ) to stop the window from opening.

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, End :

Method 1 : Click the Arc Add Center, Start, End 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, End .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Arc Add Center, Start, End 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 is the other end of the arc. The length of an arc is the distance counterclockwise along the arc's circle from point 2 to point 3. This is true regardless of whether or not point 3 was located counterclockwise from point 2. See the illustration above.