Can't draw a circle.

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Can't draw a circle.

eljay
Just installed the program. Started simple drawing for a front panel. Step 1 draw a horizontal line... askes me where to start line, all good, but never asks about end and so never draws a line... not a good start to a learning curve, managed to do it OK using 2 points. Ok, so now to draw a circle of a set diameter, asks me for a centre and then nothing, doesn't ask for radius or diameter, so no circle. Tried using the centre and point, which is a huge pain, and it works.. So here is a drawing package where you can't draw a line or a circle  (something engineers do a lot), seems a bit of a waste taking anymore time learning how to use this till there is a working version. If I am doing something wrong, then I have followed all the info given in the "help' pages, attempted to follow what is said and it doesn't work as written. So I could well be making a mistake or overlooking something, but I would suggest I am no different to the majority of first time users.. if one user has a problem the user has a problem, if a lot of users have a problem then the software, the support or user manual has a problem.
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Re: Can't draw a circle.

aman
Welcome!

Sorry you had such a bad start.

When you for example draw a line, the yellow help dash lines indacate, where the point will be, if you click your mouse. So it is is to the second point. Cad usage requires keyboard and mouse.

Might help if you set grid snap on.

Links to tutorials and howtos are at the top of the main screen, maybe browse some.