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How to draw a semi-circle

Asked by Larry Curran

I am trying to draw arcs and semi-circles, but the cirlce drawing tool only draws full circles and elipses. How can I remove a portion of a circle without deleting the whole thing?

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Best Guillermo Espertino (Gez) (gespertino-gmail) said : 		#1

You have two options: using the elipse tool (once you created a circle or elipse, you'll find a rounded little widget on the right. That icon lets you create arcs or semi-circles.
Other option is to place a rectangle over the half you want to remove, select both and go to the path menu > difference (CTRL+-). The rectangle will be substracted from the circle.

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Larry Curran (larry-curran) said : 		#2

Thank you Guillermo. I tried your first suggested solution and it works fine. I didn't try the second option since the first one was so simple to use. Thanks again. Larry Curran

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Alvaro del Castillo (acs) said : 		#3

Guys, another way to do it is using the espiral tool. 0,50 spirals, and 0 in divergency and interior radio. You need to close the semi circle with a line.

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joopie (krusty-the4clown) said : 		#4

I like Alvaro's solution the best. But in fact in my experience you should select turn 0,51 or mess around with it a bit to get really half a circle.

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Edward Moffett (edwardmoffett) said : 		#5

Guillermo's first suggestion of using the elipse tool worked well for me