Making a circle
You can select the Circle command from the Draw panel in the Home tab, or you can also use its command, C. When you click the Circle flyout, you will find six different methods for making a circle in AutoCAD:
Figure 2.23: The six draw tools in the Circle flyout
We will talk about all of these methods in the following sections.
Center, radius, and diameter
The first option in the Circle flyout will let you make a circle with center and radius values. Here is the workflow for making a circle using a center and radius:
- Select the first option from the Circle flyout. The command line will now prompt you to specify the center of the circle:
Figure 2.24: The circle command in the command line
- Click on any point in the drawing area, and this will be selected as the center of the circle.
- Now, the command line will prompt you to specify the radius of the circle. Type the radius value in the command...
