Partial circle

Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

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Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.


Do you want an arc or a pie shape?

John... Visio MVP

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:34 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

If you have Visio Pro then open the Drawing Tool Shapes stencil, you
find a few suitable there. If you have Visio Standard then search for
shapes Arc or Sector.


--

Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

If this is duplicate entry, sorry, 1st response appears to have vaporized.

The direct way to make circular arcs is as follows.
For semi-circle:
1.) Draw a circle
2.) Use line tool and draw a horizontal diameter. It may extend beyond the
circumference, but both ends must at least touch the circle.
3.) With the line still selected, switch to pencil tool. Grab the center
inflection point of the line and drag it to the circle's circumference. The
line will become an arc.
4.) Identify and delete the circle.

For other arc sizes, repeat steps 1 & 2.
3.) Draw a 2nd diameter line at the desired angle to the first line. For a
1/4 arc, this would be 90 degrees, i.e., perpendicular to the 1st line.
4.) Identify all shapes (cntl-A).
5.) Go to menu bar Shape Operations Fragment
6.) Select one section and move it away from the others.
7.) Use the pencil tool to select the apex point of the pie shape and hit
delete. One of the straight lines will disappear. Repeat select and delete
and remaining straight line will disappear, leaving just the arc.

HTH
Wapperdude

" wrote:

Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

Ooops. Correction. For the semi-circle, the ends of the diameter line MUST
terminate on the circle's circumference. Otherwise, the arc won't be a true
semi-circle.

Sorry.
Wapperdude


"WapperDude" wrote:

If this is duplicate entry, sorry, 1st response appears to have vaporized.

The direct way to make circular arcs is as follows.
For semi-circle:
1.) Draw a circle
2.) Use line tool and draw a horizontal diameter. It may extend beyond the
circumference, but both ends must at least touch the circle.
3.) With the line still selected, switch to pencil tool. Grab the center
inflection point of the line and drag it to the circle's circumference. The
line will become an arc.
4.) Identify and delete the circle.

For other arc sizes, repeat steps 1 & 2.
3.) Draw a 2nd diameter line at the desired angle to the first line. For a
1/4 arc, this would be 90 degrees, i.e., perpendicular to the 1st line.
4.) Identify all shapes (cntl-A).
5.) Go to menu bar Shape Operations Fragment
6.) Select one section and move it away from the others.
7.) Use the pencil tool to select the apex point of the pie shape and hit
delete. One of the straight lines will disappear. Repeat select and delete
and remaining straight line will disappear, leaving just the arc.

HTH
Wapperdude

" wrote:

Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

On Mar 26, 3:19*pm, "John... Visio MVP"
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Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. *Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. *Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

Do you want an arc or a pie shape?

A pie...but I found the answer. A circle shape allows you to segment
away part of the circle. Thanks!

On Mar 26, 6:53*pm, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:34 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. *Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. *Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

If you have Visio Pro then open the Drawing Tool Shapes stencil, you
find a few suitable there. If you have Visio Standard then search for
shapes Arc or Sector.

If find it quite difficult to navigate the stencils, since there is no
actual navigation panel with which to traverse the tree of stencils.
Would you know its "path"? I have Viso Pro 2003.

BTW, I found a shape that has a yellow handle that allows you to
adjust the segment of the circle that you want. I'm not sure what the
shape is called, there's nothing that looks like a name in the Shape
Sheet. Not sure which stencil it came from either.

On Mar 28, 1:34*am, WapperDude
wrote:
If this is duplicate entry, sorry, 1st response appears to have vaporized..

The direct way to make circular arcs is as follows.
For semi-circle:
1.) *Draw a circle
2.) *Use line tool and draw a horizontal diameter. *It may extend beyond the
circumference, but both ends must at least touch the circle.
3.) *With the line still selected, switch to pencil tool. *Grab the center
inflection point of the line and drag it to the circle's circumference. *The
line will become an arc.
4.) *Identify and delete the circle.

For other arc sizes, repeat steps 1 & 2.
3.) *Draw a 2nd diameter line at the desired angle to the first line. *For a
1/4 arc, this would be 90 degrees, i.e., perpendicular to the 1st line.
4.) *Identify all shapes (cntl-A).
5.) *Go to menu bar Shape Operations Fragment
6.) *Select one section and move it away from the others.
7.) *Use the pencil tool to select the apex point of the pie shape and hit
delete. *One of the straight lines will disappear. *Repeat select and delete
and remaining straight line will disappear, leaving just the arc.

HTH
Wapperdude

I found a shape that has a yellow handle that allows you to adjust the
segment of the circle that you want. I'm not sure what the shape is
called, there's nothing that looks like a name in the Shape Sheet.
Not sure which stencil it came from either.

" wrote:
Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. *Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. *Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.- Hide quoted text -

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On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:56:51 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Mar 26, 6:53*pm, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:34 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. *Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. *Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

If you have Visio Pro then open the Drawing Tool Shapes stencil, you
find a few suitable there. If you have Visio Standard then search for
shapes Arc or Sector.

If find it quite difficult to navigate the stencils, since there is no
actual navigation panel with which to traverse the tree of stencils.

menu File - Shapes ...



--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electrical for Visio http://www.electrical.sandrila.co.uk/

Sounds very useful, where did you find it?



" wrote:

On Mar 28, 1:34 am, WapperDude
wrote:
If this is duplicate entry, sorry, 1st response appears to have vaporized..

The direct way to make circular arcs is as follows.
For semi-circle:
1.) Draw a circle
2.) Use line tool and draw a horizontal diameter. It may extend beyond the
circumference, but both ends must at least touch the circle.
3.) With the line still selected, switch to pencil tool. Grab the center
inflection point of the line and drag it to the circle's circumference. The
line will become an arc.
4.) Identify and delete the circle.

For other arc sizes, repeat steps 1 & 2.
3.) Draw a 2nd diameter line at the desired angle to the first line. For a
1/4 arc, this would be 90 degrees, i.e., perpendicular to the 1st line.
4.) Identify all shapes (cntl-A).
5.) Go to menu bar Shape Operations Fragment
6.) Select one section and move it away from the others.
7.) Use the pencil tool to select the apex point of the pie shape and hit
delete. One of the straight lines will disappear. Repeat select and delete
and remaining straight line will disappear, leaving just the arc.

HTH
Wapperdude

I found a shape that has a yellow handle that allows you to adjust the
segment of the circle that you want. I'm not sure what the shape is
called, there's nothing that looks like a name in the Shape Sheet.
Not sure which stencil it came from either.

" wrote:
Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.- Hide quoted text -

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