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Editing Circles, Ovals and Ellipses

• Click the Multiple Copy edit button • Click the Trim Object(s) edit button
to make a series of copies at set intervals. to shorten the length of object(s) inter-
See “Multiple Copy” on page 179. sected by the selected object. See “Trim
• Click the Make Parallel/Perpendicular and Extend” on page 275. Not available
for ellipses.
edit button to make the selected edge
parallel or perpendicular to another • Click the Convert Polyline edit but-
straight edge. See “Using Make Parallel/ ton to convert the object into a special
Perpendicular” on page 255. polyline-based object. See “Convert
Polyline” on page 266.
• Click the Point to Point Move edit
button to accurately move the selected • Click the Revision Cloud(s) Around
object(s). See “Point to Point Move” on Objects edit button to create a revi-
page 250. sion cloud around each of the selected
object(s). See “Revision Clouds” on page
• Click the Center Object edit button 319.
to center an object along a wall within a
room or relative to a cabinet fixture. See • C l i c k t h e Convert Curve to Polyline
“Using Center Object” on page 256. edit button to convert the selected circle,
oval or ellipse into a polyline. See “Con-
• Click the Reflect About Object edit vert Curve to Polyline” on page 262.
button to reflect the selected object(s)
about another object. See “Reflecting • Click the Align/Distribute Objects
Objects” on page 265. edit button to specify how the selected
• Click the View Drawing Group Edit objects are distributed. See “Align/Dis-
tribute Objects” on page 252. Only avail-
Tools edit button to modify the able when multiple objects are selected.
selected object’s place in the drawing
order. See “Drawing Group Edit Tools” • Click the Object Layer Properties
on page 201. edit button to access and edit layer infor-
mation about the selected object. See
• Click the Extend Object(s) edit but- “Object Layer Properties” on page 195.
ton to lengthen other object(s) until they
intersect the selected object. See “Trim • Click the Align/Distribute Along
and Extend” on page 275. Not available Line edit button, then click on a line-
for ellipses. based object align the selected object(s)
relative to that line. See “Align/Distribute
Along Line” on page 253.

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