neondeon298 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Mmmmk. I have to put anomalies into a pipe at certain degrees and locations. I am given the OD, and the OD arc length distance from 0° to the anomaly. So what I do is trig and calculate the degree via "arc length=2πR*(C/360)". Get my angle, draw my line from center. Is there any easier way of just placing an arc start point, the radius and how long you want it!?!?!?! AutoCAD 2017 btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 You can draw an arc of the radius needed, any length. Then use Lengthen command to set to actual length needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldriller Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Do not remember in AutoCad but in DraftSight you can use DRAW -- ARC -- START END RADIUS which i think rkent is telling you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 if you are happy doing a bit of calculation, you could streamline getting the angle. Divide the arc length by the diameter. This gives the angle in radians which you can enter when drawing your arc. Probably 4 decimal places is enough and put an "r" immediately after the numbers. AutoCAD will understand that the angle is in radians without having to change the angle units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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