User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Place Ellipse


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Used to place an ellipse.

Tool SettingEffect
Method

Sets the method by which the ellipse is placed.

  • Center
    • — position by the center and one end of the primary axis.
  • Edge
    • — position by both ends of the primary axis.
Primary

If on, sets the primary axis radius.
see footnote 11

Secondary

If on, sets the secondary axis radius.

Rotation

If on, sets the rotation of the primary axis relative to the view x-axis.

Area

Sets Active Area — Solid or Hole.

Fill Type

Active Fill Type — None (no fill), Opaque (filled with Active Color ), or Outlined (filled with Fill Color).

Fill Color

Sets the color with which the ellipse is filled.

  • If Fill Type is Opaque, the fill color is the Active Color.

  • If Fill Type is Outlined, the fill color can be different from the Active Color.

To place an ellipse by center and edge
  1. Select the Place Ellipse tool.

  2. In the tool settings window, set Method to Center.

  3. Enter a data point to define the center.
    If Primary, Secondary, and Rotation are on, the ellipse is placed.

  4. If necessary, enter a data point.

    Constraints on

    Data point defines the following

    None

    Ellipse rotation and primary axis radius

    Rotation

    Primary axis radius

    Primary

    Secondary axis radius

  5. If necessary, enter a third data point.
    If Secondary is off, it defines the secondary axis radius.

    Place Ellipse, with Method set to Center. Left: All constraints off. Right: All constraints on. Primary axis denoted by “P.” Secondary axis denoted by “S.” Rotation angle denoted by “A.”

      

To place an ellipse by edge points
  1. Select the Place Ellipse tool.

  2. In the tool settings window, set Method to Edge.

  3. Enter a data point to define one end of the primary axis.
    If Primary, Secondary, and Rotation are on, the ellipse is placed.

  4. If necessary, enter a second data point to define another point on the ellipse.
    If either combination of constraints is on, the ellipse is placed:
    — Primary or Secondary, and Rotation
    — Primary and Secondary
    If the pointer is moved to a point that cannot be on an ellipse that includes the points defined in steps 3 or 4, the dynamics disappear.

  5. If necessary, enter a third data point to define the other end of the primary axis.

    Place Ellipse, with Method set to Edge. Left: All constraints off; Data points 1, 2, and 3 must be entered clockwise. Right: All constraints on. Primary axis, denoted by “P.” Secondary axis, denoted by “S.” Rotation angle, denoted by “A.”

      

Key-in: PLACE ELLIPSE ICON


or

Key-in: PLACE ELLIPSE <CENTER | EDGE> CONSTRAINED