Creating an Ellipse from a Center Point

Access: Invoke the Sketcher, define the sketch plane and then invoke this function from the following location:

Create an ellipse.

The procedure below describes how to create a new ellipse from its center point. This is the default method.

The new ellipse can also be constrained by additional entities in the graphics display area.

  • First define a center point.

  • Then, define one axis point.

  • Finally define a second axis point.

Demo: Press the button below to view a short movie demonstrating the function:



 

Create an ellipse beginning with the center point

  1. Select the Ellipse tool .

The cursor appears in the graphical display area as a crosshair-and-ellipse.

  1. Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the center of the new ellipse

  2. Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the first axis point of the new ellipse.

  1. Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the second axis point of the new ellipse.

The new ellipse is defined.

 

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