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Resizing Objects

Click this button to adjust the arc and • If the objects attached to each end of
attached lines so they transition smoothly. the arc are parallel to one another, this
value displays for reference only.
• Keep this radius or change it, and click
OK.
4. The arc and attached segments adjust so
that the arc radius matches the target as
closely as possible and the arc is made
tangent to the attached segments.

Before After Aligning Arc Centers
To use Make Arc Tangent The center points of circles and arc-based
objects can be aligned, even if the objects are
1. Select an arc-based object attached to on different floors, when the Reference
like objects on one or both ends. Display is turned on and Arc Centers and

2. Click the Make Arc Tangent edit Ends is toggled on. Note that Arc
button. Centers and Ends is a floor-specific toggle.
• If the arc is attached to an object on one See “The Reference Floor” on page 722 and
end, it will adjust so that it is tangent to “Arc Centers and Ends” on page 226.
that object. To align center points easily, it is helpful to
• If the arc is attached to objects on both turn on Object Snaps and turn off Angle
ends, the Radius of Tangent Arc dia-
log opens. Snaps . See “Object Snaps” on page 168
and “Angle Snaps” on page 170.

Aligning Objects on
Different Floors
Objects on different floors can be aligned
3. The radius from the center of curvature with one another using Object Snaps
to the middle of the arc-based object dis-
plays. and the Reference Display . See “Object
Snaps” on page 168 and “The Reference
Floor” on page 722.

Resizing Objects

Objects can be resized using the edit handles, Replicate Object dialog.
specification dialogs, and the Transform/

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