arc/circle center point

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kohledfusion
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arc/circle center point

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Is there a setting to automatically put a construction point at the center of circles/arcs? I need to draw radiuses in & have to randomly mouse over where I think the centerpoint is until I find it.
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Re: arc/circle center point

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Yeah, this isn't the most elegant, but it's my workaround and it works fine for me for now...

I choose the arc or circle in question and that way the centre point is highlighted. Then I move my cursor onto the CP and I hit P (your default const. objects shortcut) to make a construction point. This way you don't have to move your cursor around too much to find the centre point, and once you've placed your construction point you can either put it on a layer that you turn off to print or you can choose to not print construction objects in the print preview dialogue.

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Re: arc/circle center point

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brilliant, thank you!!
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Re: arc/circle center point

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How about this change? The centre of the circle is highlighted whenever the cursor is inside the circle/arc, not just when it is on the edge.

http://www.ilexsoft.com/ftp/pub/Support ... ToArcs.mov

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I believe the ability to turn on/off snaps and centers would be nice. I have a similar problem finding the center snaps for hatches sometimes.
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Re: arc/circle center point

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Andrew wrote:How about this change? The centre of the circle is highlighted whenever the cursor is inside the circle/arc, not just when it is on the edge.

http://www.ilexsoft.com/ftp/pub/Support ... ToArcs.mov
hey that looks good, very elegant.... how about that for hatch areas as well, it drives me insane trying to find the hatching 'cross-hair' thing.

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