Creating Three Point Arcs Starting with Limits

You can create a three point arc by specifying end points and one more point on the arc.

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
About Arcs
  1. From the Sketch section of the action bar, click Three Point Arc Starting With Limits .
  2. Locate the start 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 end point and then the second point.
    The three point arc is created.



    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.