Construction Circle Edit Command

Opens a window that lets you change the color, diameter and other attributes of construction circles in Modeling and Drawing Editor.
  • Step-By-Step
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Related Tools

1 . Preselect a construction circle to enable the Layout Circles contextual page and click the Edit icon ( ) found in the Modify section. Skip step 2.

Alternative : Invoke Construction Circle Edit using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the Construction Circle Edit icon, which is pictured above. Proceed to step 2.

2 . Select the construction circle(s).

Method 1 : Right-click and select OK from the shortcut menu.

Method 2 : Press Enter .

3 . The Construction Circle Edit window opens. On it are the settings of the selected construction circle(s).

Alternative 1 : Enter the desired changes, then press the " OK " button at the bottom of the window to accept the changes. The construction circle(s) redraw per the changes you made.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to close the window and end the Construction Circle Edit command. The construction circle(s) remain unchanged.

Note: At this point (in the Drawing Editor only) you can still Undo your changes.

  • Individual construction circles can be edited using a double-click. First set the Selection Filter to ' Construction Circles ' or ' All ' or some other filter that allows the selection of construction circles, then double-click on the construction circle.
  • You can edit any construction circles that are on layers marked " Show " in a Drawing Editor drawing or that exist in a Modeling view.
  • If you want to preselect construction circles, you need to first set the selection filter to ' Construction Circles ' or ' All '.
  • To select multiple construction circles, then draw an area box , or you can hold down the Shift key and left-click
    ( Select + ) on each construction circle
  • In addition to the ability to change the color and diameter of construction circles, you can change their " X-rotation " and " Z-rotation " to transform them into ellipses in Modeling.
  • Drawing Editor provides tools for directly adding ellipses. You don't have to create an ellipse by modifying a construction circle as you do in Modeling . See Ellipse Add Center or Ellipse Axis End.
  • In multi-user Modeling environments, any changes you make to construction circles will be visible to you only. They will be retained in your current Job -- for you only -- across subsequent Modeling sessions.
  • Construction circles can be saved using Construction Line Save and loaded using Construction Line Load (in Modeling only). The saved file can also be shared with another SDS2 user and loaded into that user's Modeling session.