Use horizontal distance for circle radius

Use horizontal distance for circle radius

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Use horizontal distance for circle radius

tkirbytrinity
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Hello,

When drawing a circle using two points on objects with different elevations, I would like the radius to be the horizontal distance between the points.  Currently my solution is to draw a polyline between the points and then draw the circle snapping to the ends of this polyline.  Is there a more direct way to get this result?

Thanks!

P.S. This question was asked in 2005 and never answered: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/civil-3d-forum/circle-through-a-point/m-p/1440764

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cwr-pae
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Osnapz = 1 before you draw the circle. But for me the CI, 2p command (circle between 2 points) always produces a circle with the horizontal distance but the center z is the 1st point selected. 

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tkirbytrinity
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Perfect.  I was hoping there was a system variable solution.  Circle between two points isn't great for me since I typically want to define the radius.  Thanks!

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