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Break All Intersections | |
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Because of the complexity of this design, it may be easier to break all of the intersections and reconnect the desired arcs. Click Edit > Break all Intersections. All intersecting arcs are broken and each arc can be treated as a separate entity. |  |
Buttons | |
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Zoom Buttons Zoom buttons are frequently used when working on complicated designs to zoom in and out when picking out specific objects. | |
Zoom All: View the entire drawing. |  |
Zoom Window: Draw a box around a specific area to zoom in to view. |  |
Zoom Previous: Return to previous view. |  |
Undo button may also be used to undo the last command performed. |  |
Join Segments / Close Circuit | |
The design has been exploded and consists of many tiny arcs. Zoom in/out as needed to select the smaller arcs. Click Prep Design tab.Click Join Segments. |   |
Start connecting the arcs to form Holding down the CTRL key, click on each segment that is forming the inner layer of the lower oval by clicking on each arc in the order they are laying. |   |
When the oval is completely selected, either right-click to close it, or click Close Circuit button then click on the oval again.  click Join. |  |
The oval is now a connected singular object. |  |
Connect the outer layer of the bottom oval in the same manner. |  |
Connect the arcs for the bottom layer of the top oval. Notice that this will use arcs from the original outer layer of the bottom oval, to form part of this top oval. |  |
Connect the arcs for the top layer of the top oval in the same manner. |  |
Connect the inner layer of the large oval. Notice that this will use arcs from the original outer layer of the smaller ovals, to form part of this large oval. |  |
Connect the arcs for the top layer of the large oval in the same manner. |  |
The ovals are connected. NOTE: It is not necessary to delete the leftover arcs. Because the spare arcs are not connected, the user can simply trace the desired objects. |  |
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