Click the Ellipse Tool (keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+Z) to display the ellipse drawing buttons in the ribbon at the top of the Designer window. These buttons are used to draw a circle from one edge to the opposite edge, or an ellipse from one corner to the opposite corner. You also can draw an ellipse by specifying its height and width, or a circle by selecting three points.
You also can use the Ellipse button to draw an elliptical arc by specifying three points of the arc.
An ellipse drawn with the Height/Width method or the Centerline method must be drawn at a 90-degree angle before you can reshape it into a wedge or an arc.
| "Ellipse" refers to both ellipses and circles, but "circle" describes only perfect circular shapes. |
The Diagonal method lets you draw an ellipse diagonally from one corner of its bounding box to the opposite.
The Height/Width method lets you draw an ellipse by specifying the height and width of its bounding box.
The Diameter method lets you draw circles from one edge of the circle to the opposite edge. Drag to draw the circle. Release the mouse button when you finish.
The 3-Point Circle method lets you draw a circle by specifying three points on its edge.
| "Ellipse" refers to both ellipses and circles, but "circle" describes only perfect circular shapes. An ellipse drawn with the Height/Width method must be drawn at a 90-degree angle before you can reshape it into a wedge or an arc. There are three ways to draw a circle. You can use the Diameter method or the 3-Point Circle method, or you can choose one of the elliptical drawing methods and activate the Proportional Constraint button 
(or hold SHIFT while drawing). |
