Changing the Shape of a Circle

[nicnicman]

Is there an easy way to change the shape of a circle? There are only four grips on the circle when selected. Is there a way to make more so that I have many areas to pull from and change the shape of the circle. I want to take an ordinary circle and put a small dent in it.

 

Thanks for any suggestions.

[PS_Port]

My suggestion would be to draw a normal circle, then draw the dent with a seperate

pline, pedit the pline to a spline, smoother and easier to manipulate,

Then when your dent is how you like it trim the unwanted part of the circle.

 

you can also pedit-join the segemnt back to one piece if req'd.

 

just my 2c probably a million other ways.

[Strix]

is this a regular or random 'dent'?

 

if it has a definition, you could for instance, draw a CIRCLE or ARC to describe the dent, then use a FILLET to smooth it into your circle

[nicnicman]

For some reason I can't get fillet to work on this. I've tried many different sizes for the fillet radius but I still cannot see the fillet.

Thanks

nick

[nicnicman]

Don't know what I was doing wrong before but it seems to work fine now.

[nicnicman]

It must have been because I used the pedit command on the circle. Once it was exploded it worked fine.