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Arcs

Arcs

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Arcs

In this video you will draw some arcs and explore some of the creation options available to you. Open the arc sample file in the chapter four folder. It depicts the floor plan of a single room having a door and an opening. I'd like to create an arc in this area here that represents the way that the door closes. To do that, I will use one of the many options here in the arc fly out. In this particular situation we have an arc, which has a center point, which is coincident with the door's hinge. So we should choose a creation method that accounts for a center. These three have center in their names. As do these three. Now the only difference between say this one center, start, end, and this one, start, center, end is simply the sequence of events. Let's try this option here. Start, center end. So I'm going to specify the start point of the arc right here. Now, I'm using object snap to be precise. And I'll talk more about that later in a subsequent video. But suffice to say, all you have…

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