Ellipse / elliptical arc
(ellips)


Property Name
Type
Description
z
length

Z value
You can use the Z value of another object via picking it.
Default: 0

spec
ref_value

Line style
Default: solid, thickness 0.5 mm ({"solid", 0.5}).

axes
withaxes

Display cross of centerlines
The centerlines cannot be selected because they only exist in the display and not in the data structure.
Default: yes

Data description

Attributes (ellips_rec)

Actions with result "ellips"
Ellipse with center point, end point and axis and length of the 2nd axis ellips_pointlength
Ellipse with center point, angle of major axis and lengths of both axis ellips_angle2lengths
Ellipse with center point, end point of an axis and a point on the ellipse ellips_pointpoint
Ellipse as projection of a circle - side view ellips_horprojcircle
Ellipse as projection of a circle - top view ellips_vertprojcircle
Ellipse with 2 conjugated axes ellips_conjuncted_axes
Elliptical curve on an ellipse with start and end points ellips_arc2points
Elliptical curve with end point on an axis, start point and end direction ellips_points4
Mirrored ellipse / mirrored elliptical curve ellips_mirrorellips
Copied ellipse / copied elliptical curve ellips_copyellips
Ellipse or elliptical curve of a contour ellips_of_contour

Actions with result "void" (invalid) and names "ellips_..."

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Ellipses and elliptical arcs have a direction. Normally the direction is counterclockwise, in the case of mirrored objects clockwise.

Please look for starting and ending points of elliptical arcs in counterclockwise direction. In the standard case you can find the imaginary starting point of an ellipse at the apex of the 1st major axis.





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