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Creating an Ellipse from an Axis Point
Access: Invoke the Sketcher, define the sketch plane and then invoke this function from the following location:
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Click the Ellipse button
in the Sketcher toolbar.
Create an ellipse.
The procedure below describes how to create a new ellipse from a point on its axis. The new ellipse can also be constrained by additional entities in the graphics display area.
There are two ways to create an ellipse;
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Define an axis point, then define a center point, then define a second axis point (point-center-point).
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Define an axis point, then define a second axis point, then define a center point (point-point-center).
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Create an ellipse beginning with an axis point (point-center-point)
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Select the Ellipse tool
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The cursor appears in the graphical display area as a crosshair-and-ellipse 
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Right-click to display the popup submenu, and select the Pt option.
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Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the first axis point of the new ellipse.
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Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the center of the new ellipse.
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Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the second axis point of the new ellipse.
The new ellipse is defined.
Create an ellipse beginning with an axis point (point-point-center)
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First define an axis point.
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Then define a second axis point.
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Finally define a center point.
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Right-click to display the popup submenu, and select the Pt option.
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Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the first axis point of the new ellipse.
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Right-click to display the popup submenu, and select the Pt option.
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Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the second axis point of the new ellipse.
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Click the point in the graphics display area that will be the center of the new ellipse.
The new ellipse is defined.
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