Creating Circles

This task shows you how to create circles and circle centers using coordinates.
1. Select the Circle icon from the Geometry creation toolbar.

 
The Tools toolbar displays circle value fields.gscreatingcircles15.gif (3859 bytes)
2. Enter the Circle Center coordinates. For example, H: 0.75in and V: 2in.
3. Press Enter.

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4. Enter the circle radius. For example, R: 0.375in.
5. Press Enter.

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6. Repeat the scenario to create the second circle using the same circle radius values.

Now, let's create inner circles. For this:

7. Click again the Circle icon .

8. Select the existing circle center.

9. Enter the center circle radius.

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10. Press Enter.
11. Repeat the scenario to create the second inner circle.

This is what you obtain:

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You can also select the geometry to be translated first and then the Translate command I_TranslateP2.gif (202 bytes).
You can then translate the circles newly created and get the following result:

 

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