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    why the circle in my screen is not a perfect circle...some kind of oval shape?

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    My guess would be

    1. You drew an ellipse.
    2. Your monitor/resolution settings are not correct.
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    I vote for #2
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    Or it might be a UCS issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperCAD View Post
    My guess would be

    1. You drew an ellipse.
    2. Your monitor/resolution settings are not correct.
    i did not drew an ellipse..i'm sure of that...i guess it in my monitor setting but how can i adjust the resolution of my monitor?

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    I suspect this is a perspective issue. Try adjusting in the upper left hand corner of your modelspace, the VIEWPORT CONTROLS as shown in my attachment to display your TOP view. I suspect you are looking at your circle from an isometric perspective, which will change how it appears, you need to be looking at it in plan (or from the bottom) so that it will display as a circle. The second image shows a circle which is drawn on the XY plane as viewed from an isometric perspective. If you observe it from the left, right, front or back perspectives it will display as a line.
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    Right-click on your Desktop and check what your screen resolution is then post it here. For example, mine is 1920x1080.
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    Quote Originally Posted by saile View Post
    i did not drew an ellipse..i'm sure of that...i guess it in my monitor setting but how can i adjust the resolution of my monitor?
    It depends on what operating system you have. Do you have Window$ or Mac (or something else)?
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    Is your monitor one of the old CRT types or is it an LCD?
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