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About the Arc User Interface in Style
The Arc tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click Style > Curve > Arc to open the Arc tab.
Commands
Type
Free Curve—Creates a free curve.
Planar Curve—Creates a planar curve.
Sizes
Radius—Sets the radius of the arc.
Start box—Sets the start angle of the arc.
End box—Sets the end angle of the arc.
Tabs
References
Plane collector—Displays a planar or surface reference for the arc.
Offset—Sets a distance between a planar arc and its reference plane.
—Exports the parameter value to edit outside of Style.
Radial Plane
Type—Sets the placement method for a radial plane along the reference.
Value—Defines a radial plane value.
—Exports the parameter value to edit outside of Style.
Symmetry
Symmetrical Curve check box—Creates an arc that is symmetric and continuous on both sides of a datum plane, for free and planar arcs.
Plane collector—Defines the symmetry plane for the symmetric arc.
Options
Proportional Update check box—Moves the arc free points in proportion to the soft points to maintain the arc shape.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window when the Arc tab is open to access shortcut menu commands:
Plane Collector—Activates the Plane collector when the Free Curve curve type is selected.
Reference Collector—Activates the Reference collector when the Planar Curve curve type is selected.
Deactivate Collector—Deactivates the currently selected collector.
Clear—Clears the currently selected collector.
Free—Changes the curve type to free.
Planar—Changes the curve type to planar.
Standard Orientation—Displays the model in standard orientation.
Active Plane Orientation—Displays the model with the active datum plane parallel to the screen.
Set Active Plane—Sets the current datum plane as the active plane for geometry creation.
Show All Views—Displays all four views for the model.
Show Only—Hides the display of all the Style entities except the selected entities.
Show All—Displays all the previously hidden features or Style entities.