2.2.15 Draw ellipse mode

Draw ellipse mode is a specialized mode to draw ellipses. In this mode you can

• Click, drag and click again to create an ellipse object
• Move the cursor out of the drawing plane during the drag, to scroll
• Hold down the shift key to create a circular ellipse (but still an ellipse object)
• Hold down the command key (before the first click) to create a ellipse object from an anchored box vertex
• Hold down the option key to use fast drags
• Hold down the S key to disable Snaps
• Press ESC to cancel the creation of the ellipse
• Press the space bar to switch to Reshape mode.

Ellipse objects are created on the Current layer and with the Current drawing attributes.

Programming
Ellipse drawing can be customized with CADSetDragPrefs, snaps with CADSetSnapPrefs.

Methods
CADAddEllipse, CADGetCurrentLayer, CADSetCurrentLayer, CADGetDefaults, CADSetDefaults, CADGetSnapPrefs, CADSetSnapPrefs, CADGetDragPrefs, CADSetDragPrefs.