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Ellipse

Use the Ellipse tool to create a complete ellipse. Use the Partial Ellipse tool to create an elliptical arc.

To create an ellipse:

  1. Click Ellipse art\ELLIPSE.gif on the Sketch toolbar, or Tools, Sketch Entities, Ellipse.

The pointer changes to art\pointer4ellipse.gif.

  1. Click in the graphics area to place the center of the ellipse.

  2. Drag and click to set the major axis of the ellipse.

  3. Drag and click again to set the minor axis of the ellipse.

To change the properties of an ellipse:

In an open sketch, select the ellipse and edit the properties in the Ellipse PropertyManager.



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