Create and Edit Circles
Use the Circles tool to create circles for geometry construction, edit free circles, and create/toggle filled circles (for example, disk surfaces).
New circles are organized in the same component as the entity where the center point is placed.
When there is ambiguity, the Circles tool switches between possible inferred normals.
- Clicking over a free line in space creates a circle on the line, normal to the line direction. Clicking over a line on top of a surface creates a circle on the line, but normal to the surface. Clicking in empty space creates a circle aligned with global coordinates.
- Use snap points to snap to predefined points on your model such as end, middle, center, and intersection points.
Circles Tool
An overview of the Circles tool.
Use the Circles tool to create circles for geometry construction, edit free circles, and create/toggle filled circles (for example, disk surfaces).
- Access
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Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
To do this | Press |
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Draw diameter instead of radius | Ctrl + Left Mouse Click |
Edit circle | Double-Click |
Snap to alternate orientation | Tab |