Drawing an Ellipse or Circle - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

To draw an ellipse:

1. Make the layer that you want to work with editable. On the HOME tab, in the Windows group, click Tool Windows, and click Layers from the list, to open the Layers window.

   You can also see map layers in the Explorer window.

   Click the Editable icon beside the layer name to turn On editing.

   Click the Selectable icon beside the layer name to turn On selection.

2. On the SPATIAL tab, in the Create group, click Insert, and Ellipse.
3. Move the Ellipse (cross hair) cursor to where you want to begin creating the ellipse.

   This point will be the center of the ellipse.

4. Press and hold the mouse button.
5. Drag the mouse. The shape appears on the screen and changes size and proportion as you move the pointer.
6. Release the mouse button when the ellipse has the shape you want.
7. Use the Ctrl key to begin drawing the ellipse from a corner of the minimum bounding region for the ellipse instead of out from the center of the ellipse.

To draw a circle, repeat these steps while using the Shift key in conjunction with the Ellipse command to create perfect circles. Be sure to release the mouse button before you release the Shift key when the circle reaches the desired size.

The ellipse appears in the current line and fill style. Set the style on the SPATIAL tab, in the Create group, by clicking Insert, and Line Style or Region Style from the list.

Specifying Ellipse Attributes

Make the layer that you want to work with is both editable and selectable. The object must be editable (reside in an editable layer) before you can specify attributes.

To set the center, horizontal, and vertical coordinates of an ellipse:

1. Double-click on the ellipse, or select it and press F7 to open the Ellipse Object dialog box.
2. Type the coordinate settings for the ellipse in the dialog box's coordinate settings boxes.
3. Click OK.