Draft Circle: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:41, 6 May 2009

This tool draws a circle by asking for two points, the center and the radius, by picking tangents, or any combination of those.

The primary use of the circle tool is by picking two points, the centre and a point on the circumference, defining the radius.
By pressing ALT, you can select a tangent instead of picking a point. You can therefore construct several types of circles by selecting one, two or three tangents.
Picking a point on an empty area of the 3d view, or on an existing object.
Pressing CTRL will snap your point to availible snap locations.
Pressing SHIFT constrains your movement.
Enter numbers to manually insert a coordinate.
Pressing ESC cancels the function.
The newly created line will take the current linestyle.

The created circle is a Part feature containing one edge with only one vertex.

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 ====Description====
-This tool draws a circle by asking for two points, the center and the radius.
+This tool draws a circle by asking for two points, the center and the radius, by picking tangents, or any combination of those.
 [[Image:Draft_Circle_example.jpg]]
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 ====Usage====
+* The primary use of the circle tool is by picking two points, the centre and a point on the circumference, defining the radius.
+* By pressing {{KEY|ALT}}, you can select a tangent instead of picking a point. You can therefore construct several types of circles by selecting one, two or three tangents.
 * Picking a point on an empty area of the 3d view, or on an existing object.
 * Pressing {{KEY|CTRL}} will [[Draft_Snap|snap]] your point to availible snap locations.