Creating Three Point Arcs

You can create an arc using three reference points to define the required size and radius.

Before you begin: Select the Create Detected Constraints from the Sketch section and the Show Constraints from the View section of the action bar.
See Also
Creating Arcs
Creating Three Point Arcs Starting with Limits
About Arcs
  1. From the Sketch section of the action bar, click Three Point Arc .
  2. Locate the first arc point.

    You can:

    • Click anywhere in the work area.
    • Use Tools Palette which now displays following value boxes:
      • H: horizontal
      • V: vertical
      • R: radius
  3. In the H and V boxes of the Tools Palette, define the coordinates of the start point.
  4. Repeat the operation to define the two other points:
    1. Second Point
    2. End Point
    The three point arc result is as shown here:

    Note: There are no dimensional constraints created in 2D Layout for 3D Design and Drafting. To show dimensions in these apps, you can create 2D dimensions from the Annotation section of the action bar.