User Guide

Chapter 4146
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To modify the spiral as you draw, use any of the following keys:
• Press Shift to constrain the placement of the final point.
• Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) to draw from the center regardless
of the selected drawing option.
To set Arc tool options:
1 Choose Window > Toolbars > Xtra Tools to display the Xtra Tools panel.
2 Double-click the Arc tool.
3 In the Arc dialog box, select from the following options:
• Select Create Open Arc to draw only the arc curve. Deselect this option to
draw the arc as a quarter pie shape.
• Select Create Flipped Arc to flip the orientation of the arc.
• Select Create Concave Arc to draw the arc with an outer corner.
Concave (left), Open (center), and Flipped (right)
4 Click OK.
To draw an arc:
1 Choose Window > Toolbars > Xtra Tools to display the Xtra Tools panel.
2 Click the Arc tool and drag to draw an arc.
3 To modify the arc as you draw, press any of the following keys, alone or in
combination, after you begin drawing the arc:
• Press Shift to constrain the arc.
• Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) to draw a flipped arc.
• Press Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) to draw a closed arc.
• On the Macintosh only, press Control to draw a concave arc.
• In Windows only, press Control and hold down the right mouse button as you
draw to create a concave arc.