Manual

Changing arc attributes
To create an arc, use the An arc is a portion of a circle (ellipse). Since a full ellipse is 360 degrees
am tool from the Dra_ng around, a 90 degree arc is exactly one quarter of an ellipse; a 180 degree arc
too/bat, is half of an ellipse.
All angles are measured
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You can set the precise size (in degrees) of the starting angle and ending
angle of any arc. You can also.specify whether you would like your arc's end
points connected by radii or by a chord. The following illustration shows
angle conventions used in Drawing and what radii and chord connected arcs
look like.
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• To change arc attributes:
1. Select one or more arcs to change.
2. Select Arcs from the Atuibutes menu. The dialog box on the left appaccrs.
3. Fill in the dialog box, changing the options you want:
* Starting Angle. Select the starfin" g angle. You can specify from zero
- -(0) to 360-degi:e_induSive. '+
• Endimtg_mgle. Select the ending angle. You can specify from zero
(0) to 360 degrees, inclusive.
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• End Points Cotanccted. Select whether you want the end points
connected by a chord or two radii.
4. Click on Apply.
5. Click on Close.
Modifying a line
You can use the tools on the Attributes tool bar to set or change the line
tone, shading, and thickness of a line or border of a graphic object, or you
can use the Line Attributes dialog box.
• To add Tone to a line:
1. Select one or more lines or graphic objects.
2. Click on the Line Tone tool. A horizontalpop-up menu appears.
3. Select the tone you wanL Drawing applies the line tone.
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