In this article of Mechanical Base, we will show you how to draw an arc with Center, Start, Length command in Autocad. As you know that Autocad has various kinds of commands inside it to draw arcs effectively according to user needs. So Center, Start, Length arc drawing command is also one these arc drawing commands in Autocad.
Also you can learn the Autocad 2D in the Mechanical Base. There are whole command’s expressions in Mechanical Base that you can learn fully Autocad by reading and applying them.
To open the command, click on little pop-up menu as shown by green arrow above then click on the Center, Start, Length Arc command as shown in green box.
After entering to the Center, Start, Length arc drawing command in Autocad, specify the center point of arc as shown by green arrow, the location of cursor will show the starting point of the arc as shown by red arrow above.
We defined the center point first then defined the starting point as shown by red arrow above. To finish the arc drawing with Center, Start, Length arc drawing tool, enter the arc length value as shown in red box above, then press enter from your keyboard.
The drawn arc is like above with Center, Start, Length command. So it is very basic to obtain arcs with Center, Start, Length arc tool in Autocad as you see. As it’s name implies that we created the arc by specifying a center then a starting point and entering an arc length value respectively in Center, Start, Length command in Autocad.