Ellipse Axis End

Ellipse Add Axis End ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Draws an ellipse based on your defining its major axis and one end of its minor axis.
If User and Site Options > Drawings > " Always show Circle Edit window " is turned on, the Ellipse Setup window will open after you have located point 3 of the ellipse.
After an ellipse has been added using any tool, the choices made on its edit window set the default pen (color) and line type (dash pattern) for subsequently added ellipses unless you change the Edit Palette or edit that ellipse or another ellipse in the meantime.
See (on this page):
- Instructions ( )
- Other tools for adding ellipses or circles .

Also see :

Drawing Editor (where ellipses can be added)
Circles and ellipses (topic)
Ellipse Setup (optionally opens when an ellipse is added)
Always show Circle Edit window ( User and Site Options > Drawings > )
Exact point of a circle (the ellipse's center)
Edit Palette (sets default color and line type)
Layer selection tool (sets default layer for adding ellipse to)

Instructions and a video :

VIDEO

An ellipse is added using Ellipse Add Axis End . Points 1 & 2 set the major axis. Point 3 sets the minor axis. (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v2018.)

To invoke Ellipse Add Axis End :

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

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Ellipse Add Axis 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 ellipse is one end of its major axis.

Point 2 of the ellipse is the other end of its major axis. The distance between point 1 and point 2 is twice the ellipse's " Major axis radius ." Tip: You can type this point1-to-point2 distance.

Point 3 of the ellipse is one end of its minor axis. The distance between the center of the ellipse and point 3 is the ellipse's " Minor axis radius ' " The center of the ellipse is the point at which the ellipse's major and minor axes intersect.

Optional: If User and Site Options > Drawings > " Always show Circle Edit window " is turned on, the Ellipse Setup window will open after you have located point 3 of the ellipse.

Other tools for adding ellipses or circles :

Tools for adding ellipses:

Ellipse Add Center ( )
Add Elliptical Arc ( )
Circles Offset (can be used to add ellipses or circles)

Tools for adding circles: