Construction Circle Mode ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Lets you invoke -- via your mouse -- commands for adding, modifying, or deleting construction circles.
• Modes can be reconfigured by users in Mode Configuration . This documentation explains the defaults for this mode.
• To activate Construction Circle Mode :
  

  • Method 1 : Click the Construction Circle Mode 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 > Construction Circle Mode .

  • Method 3, 4 or 5 : Construction Circle Mode can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

  • Note: If you have nested this mode inside another mode using Mode Configuration , you can invoke this mode's mouse bindings from within that other mode by clicking the appropriate mouse button. To bring back the mouse bindings of the original mode, use Mode Return (or Esc ).
• 3-button mouse bindings:
  
  

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• • Left-click ( Edit ) invokes Construction Circle Edit .
  • Middle-click ( Add ) invokes Construction Circle Add Radius ( Drawing Editor ).
  • Right-click ( Erase ) invokes Construction Circle Erase .
    
    

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  • Left-click ( Edit All ) invokes Construction Circles Edit all .
  • Right-click ( Erase All ) invokes Construction Circles Erase All .
• If you find yourself stuck while executing a command and want to bring back the original mouse bindings, click the mouse button for Return (usually right-click). If Return is not shown on the mouse binding reporter, press Esc to execute Mode Return .
• For example, Construction Circle Add brings you into a loop for repeating the command over again -- Return to get out of the loop.

Also see :

• Select Items (base mode in Drawing Editor )
• Mode Configuration (to configure a mode)
• Clear Mode Stack (to go directly back to the base mode)
• Mouse button binding reporter (shows mouse button to press)
• Mode Return (or press Esc to go back to base mode or previous mode)
• Mouse buttons ( User and Site Options -- sets number of mouse bindings)
• Default color ( User and Site Options )
• Plotting (construction circles and construction lines on drawings are not plotted)

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