Circle

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Circle

Add Circle

MD-Toolbar-SE-AddCircle

Add Gearing FB

1.Click Geometry toolbar > Add Circle (left of graphics-area)

OR

1.Click Geometry menu > Circle

2.Drag in the graphics-area from the center-Point to approximate its radius

Drag: mouse-button-down (center-Point), move your mouse-pointer, mouse-button-up

The Circle is now in the graphics-area.

To Add Circle with a free center-Point

Do NOT HOVER above a Point* before you mouse-button-down

See also: How to Delete a Constraint

To Add Circle with a merged center-Point

Do HOVER above a different Point* before you mouse-button-down

See: Hover+Drag Video

* Point, start-Point, end-Point, center-Point.

Notes :

A Circle is a sketch-loop.

A Circle is the most basic shape of a Follower-Profile.

Top tip :

Add the dimension to define the Radius of the Circle before you add other constraints.

Example

MD-GA-Geometry-AddCircle

How...

Selection-Window

1.Mouse-button-down at its center-Point...

2.Drag to estimate the radius of the Circle, and ...

3.Mouse-button-up

Circlen +

Pointn at the center-Point