User Guide

User Guide

User Guide

Place Circle

Used to place a circle.

Tool Setting	Effect
Method	Sets the method by which the circle is placed. Center — position by center. Edge — position by three data points on the circumference. Diameter — position by diameter's endpoints.
Area	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 circle is filled. If Fill Type is Opaque, the Active Color. If Fill Type is Outlined, the fill color can be different from the Active Color.
Diameter	If on, sets the diameter, in working units (if Method is set to Center or Edge). To instead set the radius, choose Radius from the adjacent option menu.

To place a circle by its center

Select the Place Circle tool.

In the tool settings window, set Method to Center.

Enter a data point to define the center.

If Diameter (or Radius) is off, enter a data point to define the radius.


Place Circle, with Method set to Center. Left: Diameter on; Right: Diameter off.

To place a circle by defining three points on its circumference

Select the Place Circle tool.

In the tool settings window, set Method to Edge.

Enter a data point on the circumference.

Enter a second data point on the circumference.
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If Diameter (or Radius) is off, enter a third data point on the circumference.


Place Circle, with Method set to Edge. Left: Diameter on; Right: Diameter off.

To place a circle by its diameter

Select the Place Circle tool.

In the tool settings window, set Method to Diameter.

Enter a data point to define one endpoint of a diameter.

Enter a second data point to define the other endpoint of the diameter.
Place Circle, with Method set to Diameter

Key-in: PLACE CIRCLE ICON

or

Key-in: PLACE CIRCLE <CENTER | EDGE | DIAMETER> [CONSTRAINED]