Working with a Circle Object on a Draftsman Document in Altium Designer

Parent page: Draftsman Objects

A placed Circle, with optional ANSI fill

Summary

A Circle is a graphic object that can be placed on a Draftsman document sheet and optionally filled with a solid color or ANSI pattern.

Availability

Circles are available for placement in the Draftsman Editor as follows:

• Choose the Place » Circle command from the main menus.
• Click the  button in the graphic objects drop-down on the Active Bar located at the top of the design space. Click and hold an Active Bar button to access other related commands. Once a command has been used, it will become the topmost item on that section of the Active Bar.
  
• Right-click in the drawing design space then select Place » Circle from the context menu.
• Click the the  entry in the graphic objects drop-down menu () on the Drawing Annotations toolbar (View » Toolbars » Drawing Annotations to enable).

Placement

After launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and the editor will enter circle placement mode. Placement is made by performing the following actions:

1. Click to define the center position of the circle.
2. Move the cursor to adjust the radius of the circle then click again to complete placement.
3. Continue placing further circles, or right-click or press Esc to exit the placement mode.

Graphical Editing

This method of editing allows a placed circle object to be selected in the design space and graphically edit its radius or location.

Select a Circle by clicking on its outline. Once selected, editing handles/nodes are available at its center and perimeter.

A selected Circle

• Click and drag the Circle's center node to reposition it on the drawing document.
• Click and drag a perimeter node to alter the Circle radius.

Non-Graphical Editing

Properties page: Circle Properties

The non-graphical method of editing a Circle is available in the Draftsman Properties panel, which provides editable property fields for the item that is currently selected in the design space.

The Properties panel when a Circle object is selected.

To open the Properties panel and access the properties of a placed Circle:

• Double-click on the Circle's perimeter.
• Right-click on the Circle perimeter then select Item Properties from the context menu.

If the Properties panel is already active:

• Click on the Circle's perimeter to access its properties in the panel.

To manually open the Properties panel, select View » Panels » Properties from the main menu or click the button at the bottom right of the design space then select Properties from the pop-up menu.