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To draw an arc by specifying three points

1. Click Home tab Draw panel Arc 3 Points.
2. Specify the start point.

3. Specify a point on the arc.
4. Specify the endpoint.

To draw an arc using a start point, a center point, and an endpoint
1. Click Home tab Draw panel Arc Start, Center, End.

2. Specify a start point.

3. Specify the center point.
4. Specify the endpoint.

Command entry: A

3.8 RECTANGLE

This command is used to draw rectangles by specifying the positions of the opposite corners.

To draw a rectangle
1. Click Home tab Draw panel Rectangle.

2. Specify the first corner of the rectangle.

3. Specify the other corner of the rectangle
Command entry: REC

3.9 POLYGON

The command POLYGON, provide an efficient method to create regular polygons such as

equilateral triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and so on. EXPLODE command can be used to

convert the resulting polyline object into lines.
To draw a polygon by specifying one edge

1. Click Home tab Draw panel Polygon .

2. At the command prompt, enter the number of sides.
3. Enter e (Edge).

4. Specify the start point for one polygon segment.
5. Specify the endpoint of the polygon segment

Command entry: POL

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