Draw Menu: Ellpise

To draw an ellipse, select the Ellipse command from the Draw menu or click the icon.

Under the draw ellipse command, press the left mouse button and drag to draw the ellipse.

Under the draw ellipse command, press the left mouse button while holding down the CTRL key and drag to draw a circle.

After selecting the ellipse, the ellipse property shown in Figure appears on the Properties toolbar.

Starting angle: refers to the angle of the starting point of the ellipse with respect to the center of the circle.

End angle: refers to the angle of the ending point of the ellipse with respect to the center of the circle.

Indicates that the direction of the current ellipse is clockwise.

Indicates that the direction of the current ellipse is counterclockwise.