Construction Ellipse Add Center ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Draws a construction ellipse based on your locating its center then each end of its major axis.
• If User and Site Options > Drawings > " Always show Circle Edit window " is turned on (checked), the Construction Ellipse Edit window will open after you have located point 3 of the construction ellipse.
• See (on this page):
  
  
  • Instructions
  • Other tools for adding construction circles or construction ellipses

Also see :

• Drawing Editor (where Construction Ellipse Add Center is a tool)
• Construction lines/circles (topic)
• Construction Ellipse Edit window (opens so you can set the radius)
• Construction circle exact point (at center of a construction circle)
• Add Construction Grid (alternative in Modeling )
• Layer selection tool (drawing layer the construction circle is added to)
• Plotting (construction circles on drawings are not plotted)

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   Instructions ( Construction Ellipse Add Center ) :

To invoke Construction Ellipse Add Center :

Method 1 : Click the Construction Ellipse Add Center icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Construction Circles ' 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 > Construction Circles > Ellipse Add Center .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Construction Ellipse Add Center 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 construction ellipse is its center.

Point 2 of the construction ellipse is one end of its major axis. The distance between point 1 and point 2 is the construction ellipse's " Major axis radius ." Tip: You can type this radius..

Point 3 of the construction ellipse is one end of its minor axis. The distance between point 1 and point 3 is the construction ellipse's " Minor axis radius "

Note: If User and Site Options > Drawings > " Always show Circle Edit window " is turned on (checked), the Construction Ellipse Edit window will open after you have located point 3 of the construction ellipse.

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   Other tools for adding construction circles or construction ellipses :

Construction circles:

• Add Radius
• Add Diameter
• Add 2 Point

Construction ellipses:

• Add Tan Tan Radius
• Ellipse Add Axis End

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