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Greg Williams, Woodstock, GA, USmember
Greg is an Award-Winning Residential Designer and Builder of high-end custom Homes. His designs have been featured in hundreds of national publications and magazines. Greg has a gift, and a passion, for creating breathtaking homes for his clients.
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Re: There's a Better Way: Drawing an Ellipse-ish
Cool trick! While it doesn't creat an ellipse, it is an ingeneous way to draw an arc - or arch. It is actually a segment arch. An ellipse starts and ends perfectly vertical.
posted: 9:02 pm on May 11thAnd while ChrisRogers wrote: "The only mechanical technique for creating a true ellipse is the string method", that is not correct either.
There is another equally accurate (and maybe more-so) method called the "trammel method", using a stick with two points (nails?) and a pencil (just search it online). It looks complicated on paper but isn't.
We use it all the time on jobsites to create elliptical arches and groin vault ceilings.