User Guide

Chapter 380
To set Arc tool options:
1 In the Tools panel, if the Arc tool is not showing, select it from its pop-up menu.
2 Double-click the Arc tool.
3 In the Arc dialog box, select from the following options:
Create Open Arc lets you draw only the arc curve. Deselect this option to draw the arc as a
quarter pie shape.
Create Flipped Arc lets you flip the orientation of the arc.
Create Concave Arc lets you draw the arc with an outer corner.
Concave (left), Open (center), and Flipped (right)
4 Click OK.
To draw an arc:
1 In the Tools panel, select the Arc tool from its pop-up menu.
2 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.
• (Windows only) Press Control and hold down the right mouse button as you draw to create a
concave arc.
• (Macintosh only) Press Control to draw a concave arc.