CAD:Arc3pt

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Drawing a 3 point arc.

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1. On your menu bar Click Basic Cad Tools>Arc>2 or 3 Point Arc. Alternately, if you have assigned a Basic Cad Tools tool bar to your screen, you can simply click the [Arc] button and click [2 or 3 point arc]. For more information on adding or removing tool bars, please refer to Adding or removing toolbars.
2 or 3 Point Arc
2. Once you have selected 2 or 3 point arc, you will need to enter the center point of your arc. You can do this by simply Clicking anywhere in your drawing that you want your center point, or by entering the coordinates into the command line.
Center Point Coordinates
3. Now you need to select the radius (how large of an arc you would like from the center point).
Arc Radius
4.Now you need to select the start point/angle (This is going to be the angle off center that you would like your Arc to start. Placing the cursor outside of your radius will not affect the radius of your Arc.
Start Angle
5. Simply move your cursor around until you find the total arc you would like to produce and left Click to lock it in place.
Place Arc