Ellipse Length

[Guitte]

Good day,

 

Is there away on ACad LT, that can tell you what the length of an ellipse is?

 

What we need to do is take a half ellipse and divide it in equal length segments along the ellipse line.

 

Any advice on this, will be appreciated.

 

Guitte

[steven-g]

How about the divide command

[Guitte]

Hi Steven-g,

 

Thank you!! We divided the halve ellipse in 3 and use the 3 point arc command. We calculate each arc's length, there is our answer. Jippy!

[eldon]

Do you have the command Lengthen?

 

if so, then start the command and click on your half ellipse. The current length is displayed.

[steven-g]

I figured it was the dividing part that was more of interest, but if you really need the length, you could also look at setting pellipse=1 and redraw the ellipe, which will draw your ellipse as a polyline.

[Guitte]

I figured it was the dividing part that was more of interest, but if you really need the length, you could also look at setting pellipse=1 and redraw the ellipe, which will draw your ellipse as a polyline.

 

Will put it in my note book, Steven-g. Dont know much about ellipses.

[Guitte]

Hi eldon,

 

No i don't know where to get the command "Lengthen" in ACad LT.

[eldon]

Have you tried to type it on the command line?

[Guitte]

100% Eldon, it also works.

 

Thanks, that one also going to the note book.