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thefilletevenwhenthearcorlinesaremodified.Similarly,creati ng achamferappliescoincident
constraintsbetweenthenewlycreatedlineandtheexistingpairoflines.
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Figure27.Filletsandchamferswithinferredconstraints
Evenafteryou’veappliedconstraints,youcantemporarilyrelaxthembypressingtheCTRLkeywhile
editingconstrainedobjects.
AutoCAD2011improvesthesupportofgeometricconstraintsforellipsesandtext.Youcannowapply
Parallel,Perpendicular,Collinear,Horizontal,andVerticalconstraints betweenthemajororminoraxes
ofanellipse
andotherobjects.
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Figure28.Constraininganellipse
Similarly,youcanapplyParallel,Perpendicular,Collinear,Horizontal,andVerticalconstraintstothe
rotationangleoftextobjects.Inaddition,textandmtextobjectsbehaveconsistentlyandpredictab ly, 
withtheidentifiedinsertionpointoftheobjectbeingtheconstrainablepoint.
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Figure29.Constrainingtext
TheAutoConstrainfunctionalityinAutoCAD2011hasbeenupdatedtoincludetheEqualconstraint.
WhenyouuseAutoConstrainwiththeEqualoptionenabled,theEqualconstraintisautomatically
appliedtolinesandpolylinesegmentsofequallengthandarcsand/orcirclesofequalradius.