Inserting a Circle

The Circle command inserts a circle into the drawing using the current line type, line width and color of the Drawing View Format Bar.

Select the mode you want to draw the text in - Paper Space or Survey Space.
From the Format toolbar, choose the line type, width and color. You can change the properties of the line at any time, but you will save time by selecting them first.
Choose Draw | Circle. The cursor will change to a tick (cross) indicating that Drawing View is looking for an insertion point.
Move the cursor to the insert point (center point of the circle). Notice that the status bar displays the location of the tick mark in both survey and paper coordinates. You can also snap on another object to pick the insertion point. Left click the mouse to choose the position you want.
Move the mouse away from the insert point. TPC will redraw the circle so that it passes through the current mouse position. To specify an exact radius, hold down the left shift key and left click to display the Circle dialog box. Enter the radius in the circle dialog box and choose OK.

To cancel the text command anytime before you finish, press the [Esc] key.

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