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tomDraw
16-04-2010, 10:16 AM
I'm not able to force a polyline arc to rotate clockwise. It must be a simple toggle option to force a counterclockwise to clockwise arc direction but how? Appreciate help please
Thanks

CarLB
19-04-2010, 11:06 PM
is this during the "pline" command? As you draw a polyline, once you hit "a" for arc an arc follows your cursor right or left, or you can use other arc-drawing options.

Now the "arc" command is different, arcs are drawn counterclockwise under most options but you can make it go clockwise by specifying a "second" point.

Kyle Reese
20-04-2010, 10:25 AM
Are you using the Arc command? If so, there are at least 9 variations of the command. Which one are you using?

tomDraw
20-04-2010, 01:20 PM
Thank you both for your help. I was using Pline,arc,centre and hoping the arc to follow the shortest distance clockwise to a second point but finding AutoCad chose the longest CCW route to that point. Convinced there was some option to toggle the arc direction that I was missing I asked for your help. You have helped by confirming the non existence of that option. As you suggest, I will have to use another arc drawing option.
Thank you again
Tom