Circle as Curve

Creates a circle curve using the options shown in the following image to achieve the required shape. A circle can serve as a reference for downstream modelling tasks such as limiting surfaces and panels, creating points along the curve, creating extruded surfaces, pillar pads, doubling plates, or as a design aid.

A circle can be defined using different types of points, for example, coordinates from a ray intersection, or an existing CRM point. Multiple point types can be combined to define a single circle.

You can create a circle on an absolute plane, grid plane, surface, or panel.

• If located on a surface, the circle curve is created as a CRM Curve.

• If located on a panel, the circle curve is created as a Local Curve

Create a circle as curve

1. On the Common Reference tab, in the Create group, select Curve then select Circle as Curve from the dropdown list.

   Note: The default method for circle creation is Center and Radius. To use a different method, make a selection from the dropdown list that appears when you hover your mouse pointer over Circle as Curve. The following steps are slightly different for each method.

2. In the 3D View, select the location you want to place the circle.

3. Select a point in the 3D View to define the center point, or enter the coordinates of the center point in the text fields.

   

   To choose a different method for defining the center point, press the down arrow. Possible options are shown in the following image:

   

4. Enter the radius by selecting in the 3D View, or by entering a value in the Distance: field.

   

   To use diameter instead of radius, press the down arrow and select Diameter, or press D.

   After you enter these values, the application creates the circle as an ICRCUR element in the Model Explorer and displays it in the 3D View.

   

   You can view or modify the center point and radius attributes in the Properties window:

   

   For more information on how to use the Properties window, see Properties.

   Alternatively, double-click the circle in the 3D View to show grips for the center point and radius to make interactive adjustments.