Drawing an Elliptical Arc

An elliptical arc is a segment of an ellipse. There are two ways to draw an elliptical arc: the 3-Point Arc and the Trace an Ellipse methods.

3-Point Arc Method

The 3-Point Arc method lets you draw an arc by specifying three points on the arc.


You can draw quarter arcs using the Quarter Arc button . With quarter arcs you don't first draw an ellipse, but you are limited to drawing only one quarter of an ellipse. (See "Drawing a Quarter Arc" for more information.)


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To draw a 3-point elliptical arc