Circle tool

 

Drawing instruction for a drawing

 

At any drawing:-

 

 Select: Tools - Circle

or

Select option from Toolbar

Use mouse to draw object

 

 Move the start point

 Click left mouse button

 Move mouse in direction of shape (program draws circle)

 

 

 Click left mouse button to finish

 

Edit options and Properties - right click with the mouse to show the menu of edit options and properties. These vary for each type of drawing object. The property values can be used to set start point, end point, length, thickness ... of each object accurately.

 

 

Notes

 

-  If the Grid is switched on the starting and end points of the object always move (snap) to the nearest grid point. For a circle the diameter of the circle snaps to the next grid point.

 

 - There are separate tools for ellipse and arc

 

See also