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Expert: - 6/22/2005


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While drawing site plans I have problems with
arc.  My information from the city provides
radius & arc length only.  In CAD the arc command prompt for chord length. How can I draw arc lengths.  

Answer
there are something like 13 or 15 options to the arc command. I don't know them all, however I have run into this problem with polylines and roadway alignments.
since I answer programming questions, this is outside the scope of my volunteer services. it might require a programming solution. did you try ARC with a question mark?

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