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Placing circles and arcs

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Placing circles and arcs

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- Now lets take a look at how we can draw circles. Using View Groups select the Draw Circle Element model. Using the circle section of the drawing panel select the Place Circle command. Using Tool Settings dialog the first method for placing a circle is by center. I will issue my first left mouse click to define the center of the circle. And the second left mouse click to define the radius distance. To control the radius distance I can key in a distance using AcuDraw for the radius. Just issue a left mouse click to define the center of a circle, drag the radius distance and key in 20 for 20 feet. The left-click to accept. Now lets change the method to diameter. And the first left mouse click will define the first quadrant on the circle. And the second left mouse click will define the second quadrant on the circle. Change the method to Edge to draw a circle using three points along its edge. This one is harder to control using AcuDraw so I will use the Tool Settings dialog to specify…

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