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Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

(OP)
When you go to draw a circle, you know it defaults to radius.  Why is beyond me - very rarely do I draw a circle according to it's radius.  I was wondering if there was someway to change that.

I would rather it default to diameter - is there anyway to make it do so?

Thanks in advance.  I have a feeling I already know the answer.

RE: Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

Create a toolbar button and use the macro ^C^C_circle\_d.

RE: Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

(OP)
Thanks Hawkeye...that works (just had to enter a space bewtween the _circle and \d.

But it sparked another idea...just remove the circle command out of my .pgp and create a lisp routine for it...
(CV is my circle command)...
;CIRCLE WITH DIA.
;INVOKES CIRCLE COMMAND WITH DIA DEFAULT
(defun c:cv ()
(command "circle" pause "d" pause))

Works just the same.

RE: Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

Okay!  Sorry about the missing space.  One thing I like about AutoCAD is that it allows for doing the same thing a number of different ways.

RE: Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

Why not replace the button with the one that does diameters. From tools>customize>toolbars>commands>draw.... then pick and drag the centercenterdiameter to the draw tool bar. There are others circle options you may want to use as well)
Good Luck
Ralph

RE: Possible to change circle default from radius to diameter?

(OP)
Well - I don't use the buttons a whole lot for common commands - so having it on the keyboard is really all I need.

Thanks for the tip though - I hadn't though of that.

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