Construction Circle Edit window

Copy, Paste, Save, Load buttons:

• The position of these "form" buttons on the window tells you what settings they apply to. Click here for more information.
• You can Copy the settings on this window, then Paste those settings to a different edit window of the same type.
• You can Save the settings on this window to a file stored in a global folder that is used by your current version of SDS2. Give the file a name that will help other users identify its purpose. You can Load a saved file to replace the settings on this window (except Piecemark) with the settings that are stored in the file you select.
• When editing multiple windows at the same time, Paste and Load replace mixed entries to a single field with a single entry. Copy and Save ignore fields with mixed entries, treating them as if they have no entry or do not exist.

Diameter or Radius: Select the option you want to use to define the size of the construction circle, then enter the desired distance (in the primary dimension Units or other units).

Construction circles with three different diameters (mm):

X rotation: The positive or negative number (90 to -90) of degrees of X-axis rotation that you want to rotate the construction circle in order to create an ellipse. Rotation is around the X screen axis.

all construction circles are the same diameter
X rot = 0 Z = 0	X rot = 22.5 Z = 0	X rot = 45 Z = 0	X rot = 67.5 Z = 0

0 (zero) makes the construction circle perfectly round. Increasing magnitudes up to +/- 90 degrees give you an elliptical construction circle that is increasingly narrow.

Z rotation: The positive or negative number (90 to -90) of degrees of Z axis rotation that the ellipse is to be rotated. Rotation is around the Z screen axis, which runs perpendicular to your computer screen, straight through the center of the elliptical construction circle.

all construction circles are the same diameter
X rot = 0 Z = 0	X rot = 22.5 Z = 0	X rot = 45 Z = 0	X rot = 67.5 Z = 0
X rot = 0 Z = 22.5	X rot = 22.5 Z = 22.5	X rot = 45 Z = 22.5	X rot = 67.5 Z = 22.5
X rot = 0 Z = 45	X rot = 22.5 Z = 45	X rot = 45 Z = 45	X rot = 67.5 Z = 45

0 (zero) results in no Z rotation. A positive number of degrees rotates the ellipse clockwise. A negative (-) number of degrees rotates the ellipse counterclockwise.

Note: Z rotation applies only to an elliptical construction circle. To get an ellipse, enter a value other than 0 to X rotation.

Pen color: White or Red or Yellow or Green or Cyan or Blue or Magenta. Press the button for the display color that you want to apply to the construction circle(s). No button is pressed if you are editing multiple construction circles that have different colors.

 

OK (or the Esc key) closes this window and completes the add or edit operation that was used to open it.

Cancel (or the Esc key) closes this window without saving any of the changes you have made.

Tip: If you double-click a construction circle just to review it and don't want to set the defaults for to-be-added construction circles, the best way to close this window is to press Cancel.