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Does “Break at point” work for circles and ellipses?


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Hi,

 

I would like to ask a question on “Break at point”.

 

It is possible to break a line but for circles and ellipses, my attempts resulted in no break at all (see attached picture).

 

Does “Break at point” support circles and ellipses? If you have a circle and you would like to make it a ¾ circle arc, or any arbitrary angle, how do you do that?

 

brk.png

 

 

Bob

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Can't do circles or ellipses. The way around it, is to use the Polyline > Arc tool to create a circle. For Ellipses, set the PELLIPSE variable to 1 to create Polyline Ellipses.

Posted (edited)

Autocad won't let you have a 360° arc, and that's essentially what a circle broken at only one point would be.

 

Unless someone knows a fancier way, I'd draw a couple of lines where I wanted the circle broken, trim to suit and erase the lines. Same for the ellipse.

Edited by Jack_O'neill
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"Does “Break at point” support circles and ellipses? If you have a circle and you would like to make it a ¾ circle arc, or any arbitrary angle, how do you do that?"

 

Maybe Lee Mac's CircleBreak lisp routine will get you a step closer to your goal. Find it here...http://lee-mac.com/circlebreak.html

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The BREAK at POINT, is a command not be used in circle and ellipses...

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